
A film unearthed from the buried landscape of the American Nightmare. TRASH HUMPERS follows a small group of elderly "Peeping Toms" through the shadows and margins of an unfamiliar world. Crudely documented by the participants themselves, we follow the debased and shocking actions of a group of true sociopaths the likes of which have never been seen before. Inhabiting a world of broken dreams and beyond the limits of morality, they crash against a torn and frayed America. Bor... (Full plot summary below)
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A film unearthed from the buried landscape of the American Nightmare. TRASH HUMPERS follows a small group of elderly "Peeping Toms" through the shadows and margins of an unfamiliar world. Crudely documented by the participants themselves, we follow the debased and shocking actions of a group of true sociopaths the likes of which have never been seen before. Inhabiting a world of broken dreams and beyond the limits of morality, they crash against a torn and frayed America. Bordering on an ode to vandalism, it is a new type of horror - palpable and raw.
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| Ultra CultureCharlie LyneAs funny as it is horrific, and as beautiful as it is repulsive, Harmony Korine has crafted one of the most fully-formed (and undeniably affecting) art movies of recent years. |
| Daily Telegraph (UK)Sukhdev SandhuIt's a typical Korine move: gesture towards seriousness, and then undercut it in the name of puerility. Or is it post-political cynicism? |
| Critic DoctorPeter Sobczynskia painful and deadly dull slog that tries to approximate the outrages of early underground cinema without bringing anything new to the table. |
| I.E. WeeklyAmy NicholsonThe spirit of celluloid is dragging 3D CGI to the toilet and giving it a swirly. |
| Salon.comSam AdamsFor the brave souls who make it to the end, there should at least be no question of the movie's sincerity. |
| Time OutDavid FearIf this is what passes for contemporary art terrorism, we’ll opt instead for something truly subversive--like genuine art |
| SpoutBlogKarina LongworthNever has the bizarre beauty of degraded low-grade video been exploited to this extent. |
| AV ClubScott TobiasWith every project, he pops open the same trunkload of shtick and leaves everyone to argue over whether it’s art. It’s a win-win situation for Korine, who’s either a genius or a provocateur who’s succeeded in gaming his stuffy critics. |
| Film4Catherine BrayThere's no real narrative, just three folk in latex OAP masks snorting and cackling through a series of often noctural adventures with wheelchairs, hookers and undead-looking street poet types. |
| GuardianPeter BradshawIt is an exercise in experimental provocation and in pure insolence, while sometimes being horribly funny and fascinating, reviving the spirit of Tod Browning's Freaks and the ice-cold vision of Diane Arbus. |