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Summary: It's a shock . . . if you're a prude
Review: I can't blame anyone for not liking this movie--it's beyond unconventional, bizarre even, and has some painful moments without any (obvious) redemption.But I differ with anyone who says this is merely shock theater, "Kids" (an awful movie) re-made in devastated redneck suburbia. Gummo's un-narrative vignettes include not only the graphic, lewd, and disgusting, but also sweet, poignant and human. Take, for example, Tummler bathing un-self-consciously bathing in a tub of brown water and being fed spaghetti by his mother, or Solomon recalling his now gay brother with neither maudlin sentiment nor an ounce of disdain, or the three sisters and Bunny Boy rejoicing and making out in their above ground pool in the rain. And I daresay that when Solomon turns off a grandmother's life-support system, it is a gesture of morality and empathy, both with the brain-dead woman and the grandson who has to take care of her. Yes, these kids shoot cats, and they huff solvent, but the movie makes clear that they are not amoral beasts. If you find this movie to be mere exploitation, you may be listening to much to your pre-formed racist ideas about "white-trash" and not enough to the movie itself.
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Summary: Strange, sick, mesmerizing, surreal
Review: I have just seen this movie, and I must say it is ambivalent. Very sick passages and ideas (wacko-kids from rural areas living out bizarre passions and experiencing strange situations), but the film has indeed very funny moments as well (e.g. the chair-squashing). There is no plot, nor is a plot intended. The surreal camera work, the "main" story being interrupted by rural persons talking about themselves (which is largely silly), the soundtrack containing grotesque songs at times (Death Metal, sick children choirs etc.) - all this reminds me a bit of Jim Jarmusch's "Permanent Vacation" (1982), an equally surreal film (if you liked Gummo, you should watch this!). The point I want to make here is: this is actually a MOVIE. Other reviewers have complained about a wrong picture concerning beautiful Ohio and about the film having no impact on them (funny then, why do they write reviews?). A cynical and surreal movie as Gummo is not a report - it is a point of view (or have you ever seen Terminators walking around in New York City?). This point of view may not be pleasing, nor elevating, nor relaxing - it forces one to think (even by being disgusting at times). And everything that makes one think, every such thorn in the flesh - is true art.
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Summary: just plain bad
Review: Recently, I moved to Xenia, so I thought it would be fitting to rent Gummo. It is ridiculous that people gave it 5-star reviews. It's just a bad movie, and watching it would make any cinematographer physically ill. If you want shock value, There's Something About Mary has more. There were a few amusing parts. Any movie with Chloe Sevigny, a crazy kid in a bunny suit and a drunk man wrestling a chair deserves a couple stars. The problem is that Gummo masquerades as a quasi-documentary, which is a lie. I've only lived in Xenia a few months, but I grew up 30 miles away, so I know about the tornadoes. The Xenia tornado was the worst of seven F-5 tornadoes in the 148-tornado Super Outbreak of 1974. Over 2000 buildings were hit in Xenia, including five schools, and 33 people died. A small tornado hit Xenia again in 1989, and another large one in 2000, taking out 50 homes and killing one person. Gummo does not take place in Xenia. There weren't 100 buildings in that whole town. It was filmed in Tennessee, and the racists interviewed are in Tennessee. Xenia is a normal place. It's ironic that the Chinese restraunts in Gummo serve cats, as Xenia has a strict board of health (last month they shut down a good restaurant for not having hot enough food). When does Gummo take place? The 1989 tornado was minimal, and Gummo was made before 2000, so it must be in 1974. They should have tried to make it look like 1974. The offensive part of Gummo is the message. It opens and closes with tornado footage, and in between shows you that every person is a sick deviant. At the beginning, you think, "A tornado! That's horrible!" but at the end you think, "Thank God for killing white trash!" Residents are presented as Sodomites, and the tornado as righteous judgement. The is no character development. There is no story. There is nobody you could possibly sympathize with. The people are barely human.
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Summary: Truly a horrible piece of crap
Review: I admire that this director is sincere and not trying to screw with our heads like say Solondz (even though he is great), but I still find this movie UNBEARABLY TEDIOUS. IT was awful, horrible, uninsightful, pointless. All of your suspicions are right. A "Slice of life" does NOT = movie!!!!!!!!!! This movie was unsuccessful in every way possible. Shocking? No...I saw Pink Flamingos. Enlightening? No, I already know about the disgusting mutants known as trailer trash. Dialogue? HAH!!!!!!!! Worst part. There is NO dialogue, merely shock. Waste of time. Would NEVER EVER EVER watch that again. It didn't shock but thoroughly made me feel gross, and that is not an achievement.
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Summary: Watch the movie again negitive ppl
Review: Anyone who wrote a bad review did not understand this picture of small town life. Gummo shows the lives of only the few that were most effected by the tornato that ravished their town. We all have seen people around town that are totaly out to lunch and this is telling there story. Not everyone in the film is wacked out...just the main charcters. If u did not Understand the movie thats fine because the move was not made for you anyway.
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Summary: strange
Review: Different than any movie i ever watched. Realistic looking. It is something people will talk about after watching it. But you have to watch it in order to believe that such a movie exist.
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Summary: It's not meant to have a plot... duh!!
Review: Where's the plot? This movie has no plot. This question and statment has been asked and made more than enough times. unfortunately a lot of people missed the point of this film, it should be viewed as a FICTIONAL DOCUMENTARY not a movie with a story line or a point. The saddest thing about Gummo is not the film and it's racy scenes itself but, that there are actually people and families that live this way. They may even be your neighbor. Are there disturbing scenes in this film? YES.. Is this a film for Children? NO... I suggest if you do decide to watch this go into it with a complete open mind and I STRESS the words COPLETE OPEN MIND! Overall I gave the film 4 stars because some scenes went on longer than they should have but, other than that it was well done... again I'm looking at it in a FICTIONAL DOCUMENTARY standpoint.
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Summary: Bacon Taped To Wall
Review: There is bacon taped to the wall. As Werner Herzog said 'this is the entertainment of the future.'
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Summary: RUDE, CRUDE, DIRTY, DISGUSTING, AND HILLARIOUS !
Review: This film has got to be one of the most entertaining pieces of work that I've seen in a while. First off if you lack an open mind or any degree of mental depth, you'll probably write the movie off with one to zero stars. This movie simply just doesn't [care] what you think. I love it! There's no plot and your basically shoved headfirst into rural America. Even though the story supposedly takes place in Xenia, Ohio. The movie was actually filmed in Nashville, TN., which happens to be Harmonie Korine's hometown. This film displays the harsh realities that exist, but are usually ignored in white, lower middle class, American rural areas. If you have a sarchastic/sidistic mind frame, you'll find the movie funny as [heck]! Especially the chair wrestling and bathtub scenes. You can watch this movie over and over again and crack up like it's your first time watching it all over again.
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Summary: Crawling in my skin...
Review: This has got to be one of the most dysfunctionally and disturbingly beautiful movies I've ever seen. Just looking at all the retards and mongoloids had me and my girlfriend in tears laughing! There are so many priceless moments like the Bunny Boy playing the accordion on the toilet, Bunny Boy being shot down by the Expletive Cowboys, the candy-bar in the bathtub, and the real-to-life fight between the brothers in the kitchen. I recommend this movie to everyone but if you try to hate on it you'll get your fingernails slapped off. Midgets, down syndrome prostitutes, cross-dressing teens, cat slaughtering, brawling, and tap dancing. What more could you possibly ask for from a movie? Just look at the ugly kid on the cover of the DVD and you'll already know how screwed up this piece is. Buy this piece, you'll be missing out otherwise.
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