Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Satisfied Movie Review: Humpday

This evening's free movie screening was Humpday.

Uncharacteristically for me, since I seem to hate nearly everything I see, I enjoyed it and thought it was pretty good.

The low-key, naturalistic acting and the dialogue were a lot of fun, and the relationships between the characters felt very real, although the specific situation (two straight guys who are old friends decide to make a porno film together to enter in a contest) might not be one of those with which everyone can immediately identify.

I quite liked the main characters, who were all sympathetic and believable as they try to figure out things about themselves and their lives. It reminded me a bit of Shortbus, which also had likable, rather sweet characters muddling around their lives in the context of sexuality.

There was no specific library or health connection, alas. Nobody even did much research. But not everything can (or should) revolve around the library.

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