2009 · comedy · drama
Humpday (2009)
Directed by Lynn Shelton1h 34m2009
Imagine your life is somewhat complete with a house, job, and wife but then your best friend from college comes knocking at your door at 2 AM. During a pot-induced hedonistic party, a plan is hatched between the two friends to create an Art Film of “two really straight men having sex.” If they only knew how much this would affect all of their lives.
Our read: Humpday (2009) (2009) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded comedy · drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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How Humpday feels to watch.
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