Gummo has a lot of fans, including noted film directors, but I’m squarely on the side of the critics. Critics savaged Gummo when it came out, and gave Julien Donkey-Boy similar treatment.
It did.) I bring up my opinion of Gummo because Korine’s follow-up feature, Julien Donkey-Boy, is a very similar film in style, only this one has more identifiable main characters and even less plot. (I recently watched the film again to make sure my opinion held up. I find the film exploitative, generally unpleasant, and boring.
I really don’t like the movie Gummo, Harmony Korine’s gung-ho, mostly plotless, home movie-tinted ode to impoverished America.
