Humpday

This movie, improvisational and rambling, wasn't all that funny. But when i described it to Will, I couldn't stop laughing. The set-up was so improbable and ridiculous, I had to laugh. Will denied that the conceit of the film was even possible, claiming, "It's not because it's me--no guys would ever do that--or talk about that."

I was mostly happy because I didn't know that the film was set in Seattle but I figured it out before any of the characters mentioned it.


SPOILER ALERT



What was Will so sure two straight guys would never do? Even jokingly decide that making a porn of the two of them screwing was a good idea. In the context of an artsy party held at a house called "Dionysus" these two estranged college buddies decide that the most boundary-pushing possibly entry for the local free paper (The Stranger) sponsored amateur porn film fest called "Hump!" would be a film of two straight guys getting it on.

Thus, the rest of the film revolves around an elaborate game of chicken--each fellow trying to get the other one to back down first, but both wanting to see how far they can push themselves.

While some of their conversations went too far, I enjoyed every scene in which the married guy's wife appeared. Her expressions of understanding, horror and perplexity were priceless and spot on. I was a bit worried that she wouldn't have a role other than "wife" but it was gratifying to see her emerge as a valued and full-fledged human being by the end of the picture.