Instead Shelton plays out an all-too-conventional sitcom that gets its main laughs from characters talking at cross-purposes. Then, too, critics are forever commenting on the homoerotic undertones in buddy movies. The characters’ definitions of art and its “boundaries” would have been amusing to explore. Shelton never follows up on the film’s satirical possibilities.
So neither one finds a way to back down without losing face. So Andrew has a large stake in maintaining the bohemian/vagabond image of a guy who will do anything, and Ben needs to demonstrate that despite appearances he is not a conventional guy. But much is made in the film about the contrast between the two old friends’ lifestyles. Such a bad idea should evaporate once hangovers dissipate the next day. This revolutionary art project would go “beyond gay.” When the idea of entering an amateur porn contest called Humpfest arises, it is Ben who insists that to win such a contest you have to make a film so “weird that it pushes boundaries.” This inspires the bad idea: The film should feature Ben and Andrew, two very straight men, having sex together. The one constant is that everyone deems him or herself an artist.
He finds himself at a booze-soaked, pot-smoked party among people with a fluid sense of sexuality. macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 Combo Update installer - download this if youre updating from 10.13.0. Within 24 hours, Ben reverts to his wild youth with Andrew. This would be Andrew (Joshua Leonard), his free-living buddy from college who has never grown up. Then his past catches up to him with a loud knock at the door at 2 a.m. The audience that would appreciate this buddy comedy with a curious twist will be limited.īen (Mark Duplass) is easing into the marriage business with adorable wife Anna (Alycia Delmore), a steady job and a mind set on beginning a family. “Humpday” writer-director Lynn Shelton manages a couple of funny-bone ticklers in her second act, but in the third she’s stuck with the bad idea and has nowhere to go.Īlthough destined for further festival dates after its debut in the Sundance Film Festival’s dramatic competition, “Humpday” is a long shot for a theatrical acquisition.
PARK CITY, Utah (Hollywood Reporter) - When your characters get a bad idea in the first act, the challenge for a filmmaker is how to get as much mileage - in this case, comic mileage - out of that bad idea without the bad idea taking over.