Not for the faint of heart or for those who like their films to have beginnings, middles, and ends.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
If this is what passes for contemporary art terrorism, we’ll opt instead for something truly subversive--like genuine art
Trash Humpers projects a cranky resignation to the world as it is; still, it's picturesque.
The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis
Idolized in some quarters and reviled in others, Mr. Korine, now 37, may be a bit long in the tooth for the enfant terrible act.
A 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.
Defiantly unwatchable if occasionally transfixing, the film is essentially the home movies of three marauding burnouts.
Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman
In 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.
With 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.