Poor Harmony Korine, he tries so hard to make "Gummo" provocative and fails so miserably. One hackneyed caricature of middle-America after another is thrown at the audience, to very little effect. There's glue sniffing, cat killing, fistfights, child molestation, cross-dressing, and mullets, mullets everywhere. But who cares? The result is kind of like watching a remake of "Pink Flamingos" where all of the humor that made that film somewhat enjoyable has been removed.
On the up side, it does have a good, eclectic soundtrack. With music ranging from Black Metal bands like Burzum to Roy Orbison to more atmospheric stuff, I'd actually be pretty curious to pick up a copy of it up on CD (if there is one).
So in the end what are we left with? Unfortunately, just a bland, unoriginal movie with a pretty good soundtrack. Of course the same can be said of "Cool World".
On the up side, it does have a good, eclectic soundtrack. With music ranging from Black Metal bands like Burzum to Roy Orbison to more atmospheric stuff, I'd actually be pretty curious to pick up a copy of it up on CD (if there is one).
So in the end what are we left with? Unfortunately, just a bland, unoriginal movie with a pretty good soundtrack. Of course the same can be said of "Cool World".