Perry Kate
Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
InformationRap
This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.
Skyler
Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.
rookie
As so many here have said, the film started great and promising but disappointed in the end.What can we learn from it?a) that the fear of homosexuality is engraved deeper in even most 'open-minded' men than they would expect b) that 'art' - if we expect the social role of art to be overcoming boundaries and to leave traditional ways of thinking behind - requires serious dedication, it doesn't always come easy.But in both ways, the movie just illustrated the well-known facts, but didn't give us any new ideas, leave alone new ways of how to deal with them any better than Charlie Average would do. These embarrassing (for the viewer!), guilt-ridden conversations between Ben and his wife, the hysterical and annoying laughter of Andrew (or more of Joshua actually? ;-)) and the kamikaze-like ending of the movie just let me want I had saved my time for better things than to raise hopes I might take anything valuable with me from this movie.
Adam Pengelly
Being a masculine, wholly heterosexual man, I slipped into my pj's, lit and candle and settled down to watch a movie about 2 straight guys talk themselves into having gay sex.Humpday is about two best friends, separated by different lifestyles, brought a little too close together again by a "I'm not backing out of this" style drunk/high bet about making a gay art sex video.Watching these 2 superbly sculpted characters interact is a joy to anyone who has ever had a proper friend...whom they would sleep with on film for art if they had to. Their incredible well portrayed relationship begins to strangely rope you in to kinda wishing they'd go through with the deed, no matter how much the thought initially makes you feel all ewwwww inside.A few times I caught myself relating a little too much to their plight, and I doubt I'm gonna be able to look at certain friends of mine again.The script is bare and honest, perfectly delivered by the 3 main characters, and is a solid foundation for this almost documentary style movie.All in all, Humpday with not only make you cringe to the corest of your core, but also make you ask a few questions about yourself that you really don't want to be asking.
Jay Harris
Lynn Shelton, wrote,produced & directed this little movie that comes across better than some of the major movies of 2009.It has intelligence,it is well written & well acted.I feel Miss Shelton has a long wonderful career ahead of her if this is an example of what she can create.This has a small cast 2 guys & a gal, you need no more if the are appealing. They are Mark Duplass,Joshua Leonard & Alycia Delmore.All 3 are basically from TV, I hope they also have long film career.There are a few others in one scene & do establish the films mood.There is no nudity,some use of the 'f' word, discussion of various kinds of sex, BUT no actual sex scenes. Also do not expect a gay sorry, the box cover art is inaccurate.The 3 characters are likable even tho they have faults, We all have faults.I am glad I saw this I think you will as well.Ratings: *** (out of 4) 88 points (out of 100) IMDb 8 (out of 10)
Lenoir-2
The bulk of the film for me felt like having a heart to heart talk with a lover which isn't really something that I want to pay money to do. I was constantly feeling bad for the things that the characters were putting each other through. While I found the interactions to be realistic, it was so strenuous! It was nice to get a laugh once the two guys tried in a half-assed manner to get down to business, but then there was the sadness that again showed up once the two started to realize that they were going to give up yet another thing. They're locked into that same pattern of not being able to follow through with things.I'm really disappointed by this film. Good acting, annoying camera direction, and a plot device that could easily have fit a 90 minute film, but just couldn't seem to the way it was envisioned. Ah well. Oh, and it was too weird realizing that was Josh from Blair Witch!
