DVD: Humpday (15)
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After a bout of reminiscing, more than a little prodding at Ben's humdrum domestic existence and an encounter with a bunch of bohos, the pair somehow agree the best way to rekindle their reckless youth would be to have sex together on film for an arts-porn festival. Yet Lynn Shelton's subtle, finely played Humpday doesn't succeed by grinding out the puerile potential of its premise. Instead, it's an acute portrayal of a particular strain of thirtysomething male angst, which probes the antagonism between grown-up relationships and the boyish hankering after the chimera of adventure.
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