Provincetown International Film Festival 2009

It's been a decade since Ben and Andrew were the bad boys of their college campus. Ben has settled down and found a job, wife and home. Andrew took the alternate route, skipping the globe from Chiapas to Cambodia. When Andrew shows up, unannounced, on Ben's doorstep, they easily fall back into their old dynamic of heterosexual one-upsmanship. After a night of perfunctory carousing, the two find themselves locked in a mutual dare: to enter an amateur porn contest. But what kind of boundary-breaking porn can two dudes make? After the booze and "big talk" run out, only one idea remains - they will have sex together... on camera. It's not gay; it's beyond gay. It's not porn; it's an art project. But how will it work? And more important, who will tell Anna, Ben's wife? Judging by writer and director Lynn Shelton, it takes a talented woman to unearth the biggest ironies in the male ego. HUMPDAY is a buddy movie gone wild. Shelton expertly mines this clever construct for every possible comedic and irreverent moment. Shelton's command of her craft shines brightest when our two gentlemen finally get down to the task at hand: creating a classic "wriggle in your seat" moment of truth. -John Cooper, Sundance Film Festival Award winner at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Print Source: Magnolia Pictures