Gummo

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Gummo

R,

1997,

1h 28m,

Drama

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39%

61 Reviews

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73%

10,000+ Ratings

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73%

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Teen friends Tummler (Nick Sutton) and Solomon (Jacob Reynolds) navigate the ruins of a tiny, tornado-ravaged town in Ohio that is populated by the deformed, disturbed and perverted. When not gunning down stray cats for a few bucks, the boys pass their time getting stoned on household inhalants. Elsewhere, the mute Bunny Boy (Jacob Sewell) dons rabbit ears and is bullied by kids half his age, and sisters Dot (Chloe Sevigny) and Helen (Carisa Glucksman) dodge a pedophile.

Critics Consensus

Gummo's bold provocations may impress more iconoclastically inclined viewers, but others will find it hard to see past writer-director Harmony Korine's overwhelmingly sour storytelling perspective.

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Jake Cole

Slant Magazine

Oct 21, 2024

Harrowing as its glimpses of economic and psychological ruin are, Gummo doesn’t merely wallow in its characters’ dire straits.

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V.A. Musetto

New York Post

Jan 7, 2019

Like a kid acting up for attention, the wise-ass Korine wants desperately to be in your face - to offend and provoke. And he does a damn good job getting his way. If for no other reason, "Gummo" deserves to be seen.

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Richard Williams

Guardian

Jan 7, 2019

After his persuasively disturbing screenplay for Larry Clark's Kids, Harmony Korine 's Gummo comes as a disappointment.

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Rudie Obias

Battleship Pretension

Oct 29, 2024

Although Harmony Korine is considered an important filmmaker and an auteur director in his own right, his debut is a tough hang and only reserved for those with a strong stomach for misery and the grotesque.

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Joshua Ryan

FandomWire

Oct 17, 2024

6/10

The purpose of the film is seemingly to expose movie goers to an existence that they may otherwise pretend does not exist, while at the same time eliciting a reaction of discomfort. In that arena its a resounding success...

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Joel Copling

Spectrum Culture

May 24, 2022

A tragic satire – blackly funny, often disturbing, unthinkably sad.

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Rey S

Mar 12, 2019

I should have let this one stay buried in obscurity. It's terrible. If your idea of a good time is shaky camera work, dead cats, unattractive eyebrowless girls, dead cats, extreme white trash, zero plot, and did I mention dead cats? ...then you will love this movie. Rating: F

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Kylo R

Jan 6, 2019

Korine best movie this one. He guides us through the eyes of 2 kids in the life of the poor suburban america. Is a journey into the loneliness and abandonment, that emerges powerfully from Korine characters.

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George W

Dec 24, 2018

Iconic photography, yet disturbing and difficult to watch.

Nov 6, 2018

this movie is so surreal, confronting and so raw its sickening. the long camera shots are so uncomfortable and cause the audience to really take in what's happening in the scene, which might not always be too interesting but always has something to dissect or interpret. i'd give this movie 80% because of the sickening nature and I'm amazed its only got 33% and lost more than 1 million at the box office, i would probably watch this again in a few years after my stomach has settled however

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Leia P

Aug 15, 2018

This is the weirdest movie EVER made and I'm in love with it. I've seen it over a dozen times . I hate a god damn rabbit ??

Rey W

Jul 23, 2018

I am a big fan of harmony korine ever since watching kids. gummo has a similar type of feel, looking into the life of two TEENAGERS living in a small american town struck BY a tornado. there are some WEIRD but real scenes. i respect korine for showing whAT LIFE CAN REALLY BE LIKE IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE WORLD.

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Jacob Reynolds

Solomon

Nick Sutton

Tummler

Jacob Sewell

Bunny Boy

Darby Dougherty

Darby

Chloë Sevigny

Dot

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Synopsis

Teen friends Tummler (Nick Sutton) and Solomon (Jacob Reynolds) navigate the ruins of a tiny, tornado-ravaged town in Ohio that is populated by the deformed, disturbed and perverted. When not gunning down stray cats for a few bucks, the boys pass their time getting stoned on household inhalants. Elsewhere, the mute Bunny Boy (Jacob Sewell) dons rabbit ears and is bullied by kids half his age, and sisters Dot (Chloe Sevigny) and Helen (Carisa Glucksman) dodge a pedophile.

Director: Harmony Korine
Producer: Cary Woods
Screenwriter: Harmony Korine
Distributor: Fine Line Features
Production Co: Fine Line Features, Independent Pictures
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 17, 1997, Original
Release Date (DVD): Mar 20, 2001
Box Office (Gross USA): $87.4K
Runtime: 1h 28m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: 35mm, Flat (1.85:1)

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