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25 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumAnna'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.
- 91The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasHumpday 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.
- 90The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenThe movie’s unblinking observation of a friendship put to the test is amused, queasy making, kindhearted and unfailingly truthful.
- 80New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinLynn 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.
- 80Film ThreatFilm ThreatFunny, uncomfortable and cleverly insightful.
- 80NPRBob MondelloNPRBob MondelloI'm guessing Humpday will make its natural, easygoing leading men -- Mark Duplass and Joshua Leonard -- much sought after.
- 70VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyA visually mangy but frequently hilarious low-budgeter.
- 70Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanReuniting 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.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttMaybe 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.
- 25New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithFew kinds of art are more boring than the insistently transgressive, and few movies are more boring than Humpday.