Humpday
Summer Showcase
(USA, 2009, 93 mins)
35mm
Directed By: Lynn Shelton
Executive Producer: Dave Nakayama
Producer: Lynn Shelton
Screenwriter: Lynn Shelton
Cinematographer: Benjamin Kasulke
Editor: Nat Sanders
Cast: Mark Duplass, Joshua Leonard, Alycia Delmore, Steven Schardt
Music: Vinny Smith
Nostalgia for the good ol' days crashes into the white picket fence of Ben's married life when his old buddy Andrew, a vagabond artist, unexpectedly shows up. Ben eagerly relives the carefree youth with his bro while trying to be sensitive to his wife who is more concerned with procreation than recreation these days. Drunk and stoned at a party, the dudes challenge themselves to do each other on film to enter an amateur "art" porn festival. The next morning the idea, far from being dismissed, actually transforms into something bigger. For Ben it's one last hurrah before he puts on father square pants for good, while Andrew simply needs to follow through with something for once in his life.
A bold comedy sporting a premise with depth, Humpday is as honest as it is hilarious. The immature but hysterical double-dare set-up is the perfect vantage point from which to explore the ever-puzzling hetero-male psyche, as writer/director Lynn Shelton takes the idea of bromance to its inevitable climax.
With special guest attendees Mark Duplass and Joshua Leonard
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