Humpday
Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: July 10, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
74
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews
Positive:
22
Mixed:
2
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
San Francisco ChronicleAmy Biancolli
Humpday succeeds, often beautifully, by grounding its risque premise in the awkwardness and humor of real people trying their damnedest to communicate. A lot. Read full review
91
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Anna's thoughts matter because, as played by the wonderfully nuanced newcomer Alycia Delmore, the no-bull responses of this perceptive woman are a key to Humpday's sly, wised-up feminist outlook. Read full review
91
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Humpday carefully raises the stakes until it hits a finale loaded with humor, tenderness, and delicious ambiguity. It’s like "Old Joy" by way of Judd Apatow. Read full review
90
SlateDana Stevens
May not be the single best movie I've seen so far this year--though it's certainly a contender for the title--but it's without doubt the most surprising. Read full review
90
The New York TimesStephen Holden
The movie’s unblinking observation of a friendship put to the test is amused, queasy making, kindhearted and unfailingly truthful. Read full review
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Funny, yes, but also observant and thought-provoking. Read full review
88
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
Humpday mixes hilarity with upset as the irresistible force of male pride meets the immovable object of sexual identity. Read full review
83
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
There's a wonderful chemistry between them -- though the film wisely allows Duplass and Delmore an equally intimate connection. Choices like that enable the modest Humpday to capture the lives of its protagonists more credibly than any Hollywood-manufactured comedy of recent vintage. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
One of the best indie films of the year, Humpday is a lighter descendant of "sex lies and videotape," yet burrows just as deep into the male psyche and the human capacity for self-deceit. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesRobert Abele
Unlike a lot of institutional raunch in today's comedy, Humpday finds laughs out of what is rarely made explicit between buddies. Read full review
80
New York Magazine (Vulture)David Edelstein
Lynn Shelton's marvelous chamber comedy Humpday butts up against the same sort of taboos as "Brüno," and in its fumbling, semi-improvised way, it’s equally hilarious and even more subversive. Read full review
80
Film ThreatDon R. Lewis
Funny, uncomfortable and cleverly insightful. Read full review
80
NPRBob Mondello
I'm guessing Humpday will make its natural, easygoing leading men -- Mark Duplass and Joshua Leonard -- much sought after. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineCammila Albertson
The movie does open up a lot of heretofore vacuum-sealed cans of worms. Does sex represent a sort of grand completeness that men secretly yearn for in their friendships? Read full review
75
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
Humpday sells its admittedly far-fetched premise by illustrating how men often can't help but behave like stubborn children in the company of their friends -- even when the stakes are raised to ridiculous levels. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jennie Punter
Humpday is mostly foreplay. But isn't that usually the most fun anyway? It certainly is in this film. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
While at times the improvisational dialogue sounds like audio filler, the three leads are poignant and perceptive. Read full review
70
Washington PostJan Stuart
Delmore, Duplass and Leonard work up a loose-limbed, improvisatory energy, but Humpday radiates with the sheen of a film that has been thought out within an inch of its witty and insightful life. Read full review
70
VarietyTodd McCarthy
A visually mangy but frequently hilarious low-budgeter. Read full review
70
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Reuniting an uptight married man with a footloose old pal, Lynn Shelton's third feature offers a (much) more extreme version of Kelly Reichardt's "Old Joy," also a sort of buddy movie, also shot in Seattle. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleKimberley Jones
As for that central question: Yep, it’s art, all right. One only wishes they’d gotten down to the business of it sooner. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTy Burr
Serves up some caustic laughs before fizzling out. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
The scenes between husband and wife are spectacularly awkward and arresting, though the movie grows more dubious the nearer the guys get to their shooting session in a local hotel room. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
Maybe Humpday needed more characters and a less claustrophobic atmosphere. Maybe the film needed to be bolder and break a few boundaries itself. Maybe it could have better explained why these two men still need to be friends. Whatever the case, it certainly needed a better payoff. Read full review
25
New York PostKyle Smith
Few kinds of art are more boring than the insistently transgressive, and few movies are more boring than Humpday. Read full review
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