Gummo

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Gummo

R

Released Oct 17, 1997

1h 28m

Drama

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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

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

Oct 21, 2024

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V.A. Musetto

New York Post

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.

Jan 7, 2019

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Richard Williams

Guardian

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

Jan 7, 2019

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Rudie Obias

Battleship Pretension

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.

Oct 29, 2024

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Joshua Ryan

FandomWire

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...

Rated: 6/10

Oct 17, 2024

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Joel Copling

Spectrum Culture

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

May 24, 2022

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Sauron A

Nonsensical plot.This movie is so bad you can't tell what the hell is going on at all.It's supposed to be disturbing in some way but it just doesn't work.Hell,this movie didn't disturb me at all.The only redeeming factor of this movie is that it features songs by the band Bathory which is one of my favourite bands of all time.Other than that this movie sucks.The director must have been high while making this ''film'' 1/10 for trying.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/11/24

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Charlie M

This is one of the most disgusting, pointless, off-putting, and grotesque movies out there. Absolutely vile.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/07/24

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Natalia R

This movie is so boring literally so stupid barely any dialog and it's incohesive definitely a waste of my time

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/06/24

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Arid S

Another rarity, just unreal, mind blowing, twisted and sick, it was just great, honestly going through life not watching this would be a shame.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/22/24

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Robert S

I'm going to say this much. I like pretty much everything that Harmony Korine puts out....but oh no. Not this one. This movie makes me feel like I'm sitting in a bedbug infested cess pool while I'm watching it. It literally makes me feel dirty. Just talking about it makes me want to take a shower in order to wipe the filth off.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/29/24

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This film is a classic. If you can open your mind and get over the idea of a conventional movie, you can enjoy it. It's definitely worth a watch at least once. Personally, I watch it often and catch something new each time.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/28/24

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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: Independent Pictures, Fine Line Features
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)