BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

Actuakers One of my all time favorites.

SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie

Hayden Kane There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Martin Bradley A classic comedy of embarrassment from writer/director Lynn Shelton who brings an unerringly accurate eye to her tale of two life-long buddies who decide to make a 'gay' porn video together, ('Two straight guys bang each other'), drawing totally terrific performances from leads Mark Duplass and Joshua Leonard, (the guys), and Alycia Delmore, (Duplass' much too talented wife), in the process.It's a very funny and surprisingly truthful picture, full of the kind of people you would probably cross the road to avoid, (with the exception of Delmore who is sexy and sweet in equal measure). Amazingly the premiss never feels that far-fetched; the chemistry between Duplass and Leonard is strong enough to make you think there might be more to their friendship than meets the eye and if their characters aren't that endearing the movie most certainly is.

valis1949 Two close friends (Ben, played by Mark Duplass, and Andrew, played by Joshua Leonard) grapple with the following dilemma. Can two straight men engage in gay sex, film it, and hope to win a prize at The HUMP! annual film festival in Seattle, Washington? HUMPDAY is a sly and witty examination of sexual attitudes which, at times, is as disconcerting as it is nearly hilarious. Ben is married, and he and his wife are about to start a family, while Andrew is a Free Spirit who sees himself as kind of a marginal player on the international art scene. One night at a party in a Free Love commune, the two men drunkenly come up with a possible brand-new approach to the Genre of Pornography. Why not have two straight men do a gay porn flic. This becomes the odd and unsettling conundrum for the movie. Is it possible for two straight men to engage in gay sex, or would the act itself preclude that they were gay at the outset? The viewer watches as Ben and Andrew squirm with the unstated (and frightening) query, am I gay, or closer truth, just exactly how straight am I? Maybe the real message of the film is that as much as we feel that we have completely settled on our sexual identity, the true nature of sex might be much more fluid. Personal sexual attitudes are not really laws which are set in stone, but maybe they are just guidelines which are subject to change and reinvention as circumstances change. The film doesn't resolve the issue, but it certainly presents a dizzying collection of cringe inducing questions which highlight this quandary. HUMPDAY could be seen as a possible companion piece to the wonderfully disquieting film, CHUCK AND BUCK.

evanston_dad Ben and Andrew are schlubby friends whose lives have gone in different directions. Ben is the dutiful husband who's settled into suburban life and is preparing to start a family. Andrew is a bohemian drifter who shows up on Ben's doorstep one night and needs a place to stay. At a party with a bunch of Andrew's friends, the two men agree to make a gay porn for entry into a local amateur film festival. The rest of the film explores the different dynamic that creeps into their friendship as the day of the planned filming approaches.This might sound like good material for a raunchy buddy comedy, and it probably would have been if a major Hollywood studio had produced it and Adam Sandler had starred. But it's actually a serious-minded film that offers a fascinating glimpse into the world of male-male friendships, and the challenges men face in expressing complex emotions about one another in a culture that discourages them. As Ben explains to his almost unbelievably understanding wife at one point, this experiment is something Ben just needs to do, and he never successfully articulates to himself, let alone to her, why exactly he feels the need to do it.The film's climactic scene, set in the hotel room where Ben and Andrew have agreed to do their deed, is one long, excruciating study in awkwardness, and it's acted and filmed flawlessly. Kudos to the writer and director, a woman, for being able to so perfectly capture the subtleties of a male world.Grade: A

Gordon-11 This film is about two guy friends who have to deal with their drunken pledge to make a porn movie with each other.I think "Humpday" is wrongly marketed as a comedy, which makes viewers expect things which are not in the film. The first half is far too slow to be a comedy, and the second half is far too heavy on words. The pacing and the tone are just not right to be a comedy. It might be entertaining to see two guys trying to work their way out of the awkward situation without having to sacrifice their reputation, but there is simply not enough material to fill 90 minutes. The film stretches for far too long, and it gets quite boring. I think it would have been better marketed as an indie drama.