Humpday (2009)

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" Full review: http://www.listal.com/viewentry/648313 I'd be surprised if anyone else's top 10 list for 2009 features Humpday. Those who haven't heard of it, don't get freaked out when you see the poster: it's not gay porn. Far from it. It doesn't even have anything to do with homosexuality. It has to do with how we see ourselves, how we want to see ourselves, and how we want others to see us. Why is it that, when people get married, the side of their personality that most "clicks" with their s"

Humpday

“The poster features two guys in nothing but boxers looking at one another. Then you have the synopsis, which says that the film is about two straight guys who decide to make a porn movie that shows them having sex with each other. Finally, there's the title: HUMPDAY. These three things will easily give people the impression that this movie is going to be your run-of-the-mill, crass, gag-infested buddy comedy, perhaps a raunchier, more homoerotic version of I LOVE YOU MAN and the HAROLD & KUMAR franchise. What the poster, synopsis and title don't prepare you for is the enormous amount of insight on identity and insecurity that there is to be found here. You wouldn't expect this from a movie about two guys who are going to make a porn, but EVERYTHING that happens in this film and every line ” read more