Samiam3
"It's beyond classification." so says Roger Ebert. I'll agree to that, Pumpkin is a messI do not see what is to like about this film which is over directed, amateurishly written, and childishly acted. It is muddled and unfocused, and denies brains, humour and heart. One minute it is sappy and plushy, and the next it is sour and sleazy. The sheer yuckiness of this movie is offencive. This pumpkin is rotten and it stinks.The first step to repairing the movie is to fire Christina Ricci and hire someone who can act. Ricci's performance is absolutely dreadful, Why did she not receive a golden raspberry award. The next step to repairing this film would be to give it some direction. The central premise concerns Ricci's character falling in love with a disabled boy who she is tutoring, and their relationship starts to screw up her life and her local reputation. Why couldn't this movie have been a strait forward romantic/comedy? Simplicity is often the best approach right. Instead the movie tries to integrate three or four subplots which lead absolutely nowhere, and in an attempt to bring all the connections together, Pumpkin takes forever to end.I laughed once, maybe twice and that was it. If this is supposed to be a comedy, where is the humour? There is nothing remotely funny about this movie, nor is there anything charming, romantic, or original about it. It is an overdone, artificial wreck of a motion picture that belongs in the trash.
h_wilson92
I was looking for something to watch on TV last night because there was nothing on and I turned the channel where Pumpkin was showing.I was bored at first but I got engaged within the last 10 minutes.Carolyn, a sorority girl decides to help disabled athletes for an sporting event to get the title of Sorrority of the year.She is horrified at first when she pairs up with Pumpkin but once she gets to know Pumpkin she sees this genuine person who actually has feelings.She thinks that Pumpkin is more genuine than every one that sh knows.This movie actually taught me that mentally challenged people can go out with anyone.Much to everyones dismay Carolyn becomes an outcast for going out with a disabled man.When she has sex with Pumpkin and Pumpkin's mother finds out - Carolyns life goes down the drain.After much persuading from people from her college she goes back to the college and her life goes downhill.Pumpkin and Kent have a massive fight which leads Kent to a freak accident because he was so upset.This changed Kent's ways and he turns out to be caring person.In the end Carolyn ends up with Pumpkin.I really liked this movie and would give it 10 stars because it moved me in a way
tulipbooty
One of the most neglected aspects of living with a disability is addressed in this dark comedy--sexuality. Christina Ricci is not the best actress, but no one plays a frothy bitch with the same charisma, and her talents are well used.The topic is addressed through the absurdist humor of the director; it is not overt and there are no easy cues for the audience to follow. In fact, the film pays the audience the rare compliment of expecting them to figure out the themes for themselves.The only disappointment I had with this tale of a Sorority sister reluctantly falling in love with the disabled Pumpkin was his self administered rehabilitation. The more interesting aspects of the film would have come across much more powerfully had he remained as she met him.
U_Dub_20
By far the worst movie I've ever seen. This movie took every stereotype known to man kind and tried to dispel it. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt that their intentions were paved in gold, but it was just too much. The only thing that kept us watching it was the thought that at some point in time the movie would get better, but nope, never happened. The movie ended and never before had the three of us wished we could have that time back.It would have been one thing if the movie was even remotely believable, but it was so far stretched that even if they had tapered off on some the points they tried to make, it still wouldn't have hit home. Best way to describe it is like applying makeup, the more natural it looks the better, but if it's gobbed on and the lipstick is too red and too thick, you don't want to go near it.
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