LouHomey From my favorite movies..

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Raymond Sierra The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Kayden This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

Ironically Unimpressed Philosophically speaking, it grows on the right path.Practically, it deviates widely.Sometimes by taking shortcuts - for example, giving the wife the bar storyline with the sole purpose to progress the plot by providing him with a valid stepping stone towards going through with the video.Sometimes by taking the scenic route - aka, the loooooong, bendy talk that ultimately gets them to put their clothes back on.Still interesting in terms of studying the way we self-steer, thrusting options, making pointed arguments that are often detached from reality, solely because subconsciously we desperately want or don't want to do something, trying to convince the world by first convincing ourselves.Duplass is, as always, an effortless pleasure to watch; and that's about it regarding performances.Mediocre.

nnenok When I decided to watch this movie, I was in the mood for some stupid American jackass film and Humpday, with its title and the poster picture appeared spot on. I was in for an unexpected (but very pleasing) surprise. This movie is actually slow, indie and, put simply, nice. It strips off all the douchebagy nonsense someone would expect out of a movie where two straight dudes decide to get down on each other and instead offers talks, discussions and ideas on what brings someone to get to this idea and to go through (or not) with it.Apart from this, all the three leads are absolutely great. I'm pretty sure more than half of the movie is improvised, you can literally feel the nervousness and tension and chemistry among the cast, and I wish I could have a relationship like the one between Ben and Anna.

mball1297 I went into this movie thinking it was a straight-up comedy. I wasn't expecting much, and truthfully the only reason I even chose it for my queue was Mark Duplass because I'm a big fan of the TV show The League.I was a little put off in the first 10 minutes or so when I realized this wasn't going to be your normal comedy. I also was turned off by the clichés of the old, restless, free-spirit friend unexpectedly popping in on his settled, average friend from school. But I did like the very first scene because of its realism. This realism was a staple of the movie, and it's what was so refreshing.At the time I didn't know it was improvised, but I wondered throughout the movie whether that was the case. The premise by itself does sound wacky and unrealistic, but it becomes believable in the context of the movie. It did have its faults, including clichés like those mentioned already, but all in all, it was just a realistic story with very believable, 3-dimensional characters.My favorite part about it was that the laughs it did evoke were not scripted ones like in most comedies (although that can work very well), but they were moments straight from real life that just happen to be funny. It was not especially funny, and I would hesitate to label it a comedy, but the humor in it was organic rather than contrived.

jasongbeale I love naturalistic films that combine human drama with comedy and pathos (think of Mike Leigh), and this film definitely starts off in that direction. I also enjoyed the basic premise and the way it unfolded. However, the dramatic potential of the story was not explored enough for my liking, especially in the wife's character half-heartedly played by Alycia Delmore. In addition, the ending of the film is satisfactory, but didn't really deliver on the build-up. There was a dropping off in emotional and narrative tension, which made me feel they hadn't gone all the way with the idea. Perhaps that's the underlying message - that these characters are out of touch with their fundamental feelings and living on the surface. Overall it's a highly entertaining comedy that explores male friendship in a very surprising way.