ekeby It's simplistic and inaccurate to say this is a movie about homophobia. The two guys are not homophobic in the least. If anything it's about peer pressure and machismo, albeit in an unconventional, post-feminist context. The movie's framework, two straight guys considering whether or not to have sex with each other for an Art/Porn movie, generates an absurd dialog. Does Art justify a willful, forced, deviation from the norm, or is a willful, forced, deviation from the norm automatically Art? The subtext is about moving out of your comfort zone, and your motivation for doing so. I went into this not knowing what to expect. As a gay man, I resisted it, finding the plot line forced. But as it went on, I bought into it. I think it was the two main actors who sold it, primarily. The premise sounds comic and coarse, but the storyline is actually subtle and gentle. Not easy to sell that kind of bait and switch.

RP FOley Awful! The movie is about two straight college buddies who discuss making a porn movie while in a drunken and stoned state. When I read the box at the store- I obviously scanned the box or misread it because I thought it was going to be about two college buddies who separate after college and reunite years later. One of the guys is still a party goer and the other married with a kid and a 9-5 job. My belief was that after partying they somehow would decide to get involved in an amateur porn movie festival. I don't know as directors, actors, WITH WOMEN. Sounds like it can be funny, right? Two college buddies reunite to make porn. WOW…did I miss the mark and read it wrong. The movie is about two straight guys who somehow come to the conclusion that straight guys having sex on video is somehow artful and could renew porn to its previous glory. What glory? Lynn Shelton, the writer, director, and woman states that she's "always been interested in the boundaries of sexual identity" and that was her idea behind the movie. Different strokes for different folks, I guess? Unfortunately, I find it hard to believe anyone can relate to this movie except those who are pushing the gay movement or need their support to push an agenda. When the big day arrives, the characters, whose names are not important, "puss out" and realize that their philosophical artistic alcoholic dare is stupid and they are morons. Initially, I began to write that this movie was just another sad attempt by left wing gays to move their agenda further in to the main stream. It's okay to be gay. Is that not one of their motto's? I have no idea why a female writer would delve into this abomination other than to say that the gay movement is embraced by left wing fanatics to increase their numbers. My review is of the movie not the creator but clearly if I see the name, Shelton, again, I will run in the other direction. If you have taken the time to read this review then you have already given this movie more attention then it deserved. I forced myself to watch but began my review less than five minutes into it because like any first paragraph it gave me a road map. A road map to zero stars. Not worth a cent.

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.

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.