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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- While the results were probably never designed to win over his detractors, Trash Humpers is almost a perverted love letter to fans of his brand of unstable, fringe-y terror.
- 55MovielineMichelle OrangeMovielineMichelle OrangeDefiantly unwatchable if occasionally transfixing, the film is essentially the home movies of three marauding burnouts.
- 50VarietyVarietyPity the festival-going fool who stumbles unawares into Harmony Korine's patently abrasive, deliberately cruddy-looking mock-documentary Trash Humpers. All others -- that is, those familiar with Korine's anti-bourgeois oeuvre and know what they're in for -- will have a glorious time.
- 50Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanTrash Humpers projects a cranky resignation to the world as it is; still, it's picturesque.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterNot for the faint of heart or for those who like their films to have beginnings, middles, and ends.
- 40Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearIf this is what passes for contemporary art terrorism, we’ll opt instead for something truly subversive--like genuine art
- 40The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisIdolized in some quarters and reviled in others, Mr. Korine, now 37, may be a bit long in the tooth for the enfant terrible act.
- 25Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanIn Trash Humpers, the latest slovenly, haphazard, is-it-a-travesty-if-it's-bad-on-purpose avant doodle from director Harmony Korine, three figures in rubbery old-age makeup do indeed mimic intercourse with Dumpsters.
- 25The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. 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.
- 0New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickA mind-numbing piece of would-be provocation from the button-pushing Harmony Korine, Trash Humpers gets no stars from me -- not because it's offensive and disgusting like his earlier "Gummo" and "Julien Donkey-Boy," but because it's about as enervating a way to waste 78 minutes as I've ever experienced.