Gummo

1997

Comedy / Drama

26
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 73% · 61 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 73% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.6/10 10 41401 41.4K

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Plot summary

Solomon and Tummler are two teenagers killing time in Xenia, Ohio, a small town that has never recovered from the tornado that ravaged the community in the 1970s.

Director

Harmony Korine Photo
Harmony Korine

Top cast

Max Perlich Photo
Max Perlich as Cole
Chloë Sevigny Photo
Chloë Sevigny as Dot
Harmony Korine Photo
Harmony Korine as Boy on Couch
Tommy Barnes Photo
Tommy Barnes as Tom the bowler
480p.BluRay
786.25 MB
720*480
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
N/A
Seeds 44

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by lunarslanding 6 / 10

Twisted but True Tales of Rural Delinquency

Gummo as a film is intriguing, following around multiple groups of misfits and learning their life in the aftermath of a tornado.Where this movie shocks , it also often disturbs. An over the top storyline with subject matters such as animal cruelty, adolescent abuse, addiction among other mature themes - it also opens the eyes to bring insight to rural delinquency. The subjects of doing unspeakable tasks to make ends meet and buy some snacks, overcoming a common foe (in the case of the arm wrestling scene and the father) to be met with anger and backlash instead of appraisal from the family.. There's plenty of great examples in this film that bring some honest insight to being in the slums.Overall this film left me thinking deep on my upbringing, how things can more chaotic such as these over amplified scenarios. Regardless of some of the foul subject matter, Harmony Korine opens the eyes to some of the very real and disturbing matters that happen not only in small towns but all around the world.
Reviewed by shane7996 7 / 10

"I once knew a guy who was dyslexic, but he was crosseyed so everything came out right."

To sneak a peek through the peephole that is Gummo is to be pulled trough a small town tour of torture and depravity. It's bizzare and unnerving mix of character studies is as disturbing as it is depressing as it is facinating. It's so sour I can't even imagine what a screenplay would look like let alone the mind of the one who wrote it. I loved the style / format and uncompromising abrasiveness. Very unique, and I'll be hard pressed to find someone to recommend it to, though when I do I definitely will.
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