Response
Gummo currently holds a rating of 33% on Rotten Tomatoes.
A short excerpt from Gummo was shown after the opening sequence in the 1998 Hype Williams film Belly.
Werner Herzog praised the film and spoke of being especially moved by the bacon taped to the wall during the bathtub scene.
The film's portrayal of "poor white trash" has garnered both glowing reviews and thunderous condemnations for its disturbing content and unusual style, which is simultaneously hyperrealistic and surreal.
Director Lukas Moodysson listed it as one of his top ten films for the 2002 Sight and Sound Poll and director Megan Spencer.
Filmmaker Gus Van Sant on Gummo writes, "Venomous in story; genius in character; victorious in structure; teasingly gentle in epilogue; slapstick in theme; rebellious in nature; honest at heart; inspirational in its creation and with contempt at the tip of its tongue, is a portrait of small-town Middle American life that is both bracingly realistic and hauntingly dreamlike."
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