Gummo

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Summary: Lets sniff some glue
Review: I haven't seen many movies that take a subject matter and totally glorifies it like Harmony has done with Gummo. This is truly a piece of art and should be appreciated. I love this flick and gives me hope for the future of the film industry. Bye. I gotta go sniff some glue.

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Summary: hurrah.
Review: an amazing film. a film that captures the true spirit of youthful rebellion. a defiant fart in the face of goodtaste. a film that describes the subversive beauty of shit. a film sure to be misunderstood by most people. and a film that can't be defined by my silly words. i heard that janet maslin of the nytimes hated it and thought it was the worst film of the year. thank god. loui depaul.

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Summary: After watching Gummo,i laughed,i cried,then i laughed again.
Review: Gummo is quite graphic, not suitable for everyone. The film portrays the image of "white trash" far beyond what Jerry Springer does.The way Gummo is put together, in my opinion, is pretty much like the way a DJ mixing and blending in songs of different genres. It also makes me appreciate my life a lot more.

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Summary: gummo.. hmm. well..
Review: this movie was very very strange.. if killing cats, white trash, and a death metal/nursery rhyme sound track interests you.. go for it. otherwise save your hour and 1/2. this movie reinforces my faith in making movies myself... movies are supposted to be like real life.. but this one is just too real and boring.

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Summary: Who was real, and who were the actors?
Review: I thought this film was enthralling, and disgusting. I think it would be good for young kids to see it with their parents, to show what life can be like when education is unimportant, and sniffing glue, etc. is. It certainly didn't glamorize "rebellious youth". Some of the scenes were filled with human pathos. Others were just about unbelievable idiots! Was it a ducumentary? I heard that most of the people in that town are from Kentucky. They sure had a southern drawl.It was sort of like Freaks, interpreted by John Waters. I haven't been shocked by a movie since I saw Pink Flamingos about 25 years ago, except Gummo wasn't as funny. Now, when my 8 year old doesn't want to do his homework, I can remind him of some of those boys, and he is understands that he doesn't want to end up like them. Also, he brushes his teeth better. He can see that they are nowhere. Pitiful, but we make our own choices. I was raised in a small town in Alabama, and I thought it sucked. Yet, I lived in suberbia. I thought people like those in Gummo were sort of exotic, and spent some time with quite a few, while hitchiking and running away from home. Maybe if I had seen a movie like this then, I would have seen the futile existence of their lives. Also, what is the thing about cats? Gross! I used to find mutilated cats out in the woods sometimes. Are there really people that buy them? It was "terrible directing", and did go "on and on", but what else could it have done?

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Summary: Necessary
Review: In a world where pop news shows you what issues to care about, Harmony Korine has birthed a brazenly political film that rubs our noses in the hopeless and repetitive accordian tune of "white trash" America. GUMMO has humanized the most discrimated-against economic class of our country.

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Summary: Gummo is a beautiful and compelling film.
Review: I've determined that movie critics are just bitter and jaded. I thought that Gummo was one of the most original and compelling films I've seen in a long time. I suppose in a way I thought it encapsulated the life that I have observed for myself, having grown up in a small town. I thought that it created a viceral and authentic portrait of humanity especially its cruelness which is rarely accurately portrayed in the insincere sugar coated crap that Hollywood feeds us.

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Summary: GUMMO GUMMO GUMMO GUMMMMOOOO!!!
Review: A trip through the lives of people stuck in a going nowhere town that makes your mind scream in objection. Loved every minute of it and have watched it almost as many times as "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"!! Don't miss either of these!

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Summary: Korine's masterpiece
Review: After reading Korine's great novel "Crack Up at the Race Riots", I went and bought "Gummo". This film is unchained, and originality runs amuck. Gummo must be seen. I have never seen a film so fresh, and with so many unused voices. The scene with arm and chair wrestling is outstanding. Korine is a superstar, and will lead film into the new beginning. If you are buying this film, please also pick up Korine's book.

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Summary: rabbit art
Review: Don't let Kids (or Lennie Maltin) sway you away from watching/buying Gummo. If you like Godard, Herzog, or any arty/foreign filmmaker that operates pretty unconventionally, this flick will blow your Southern socks off. Harmony really serves up a Southern-fried treat replete with cats, little pink bunnies, and a grandmother on a life support system. Bizarre and beautiful.