Fresh and Exciting

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

The setup: Perky, perfect Carolyn and her Alpha Omega Pi sisters plan to win Sorority of the Year by impressing the Greek Council with a killer charity: coaching mentally challenged athletes for the regional Challenged Games. When Carolyn's assigned to coach Pumpkin she's terrified at first, but soon sees in him something she's never seen before: a gentle humanity and honest clarity that touches her soul. To the horror of her friends and Pumpkin's overprotective mother, Carolyn falls in love, becoming an outcast in the process. As Carolyn's "perfect life" falls apart, Pumpkin teaches her that perfect isn't always perfect after all.The verdict: Awesome!

I loved it. If you loved The House of Yes or Legally Blonde, you'll love this film. I was really surprised to see rather low ratings for this film on IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes, but I really think this is one of those sleeper films that will never be epic, but the story is great and it's an easy film to take-in. This is a comedy so dark, it makes Heathers appear vanilla in comparison. They stop at nothing to make a joke, which takes a huge risk of offending a number of viewers – and I admire that bravery. Many sites say the film is the most underrated in a decade.Basically, Christini Ricci has an Elle Woods-type "perfect" boyfriend, a perfect sorority life and a family who thrives on "status" when her sorority chooses to help disabled persons as their charity for the year. Each sister is assigned a person to help, and Ricci ends up falling in love with her "retard" (a word used a great deal throughout the movie), has sex with him and shatters her perfect life.A good portion of this movie certainly isn't politically correct, however, Ricci's character serves as the balance, making many of the dark elements laugh-out-loud hilarious. I probably could have lived without the West Side Story-style fight scene towards the end, but all-in-all, I think this is without a doubt a must-see film!

I stumbled across this tonight, never having heard of it and without looking up its premise - I've never said "What the f#ck?!" out loud so many times in my life (tho the two hours I spent suffering thru No Country For Old Men comes close).The movie plays like an acid flashback, becoming increasingly surreal as the dialogue goes from weird to bugfuggen insane. BUT, once I realized just how hard my leg was being pulled - and became resigned to having my limb then pulled off and used to beat my brains in - I grew to appreciate the satire, wit, and utterly inappropriate insanity. Somewhere between Heathers, Jawbreaker, the Forbidden Zone, and Richard O'Brien's Shock Treatment, that's where you'll find Pumpkin.Along with a lot of DVD and TV browsers muttering "What the f#ck?!?!"

This movie is fantastic, although you probably have to have a certain comic sensibility to appreciate it. The best parts of this movie are so subtle that you might miss them the first time around. The director certainly doesn't hold your hand.The soundtrack in particular was amazing. The montage set against Belle & Sebastian's "Stars of Track and Field" is one of the better uses of song in a movie I've encountered.I rarely come across comedies that demonstrate any originality. It's mostly formulaic junk. Pumpkin is a beautiful, hilarious, and has a great deal of thematic and character depth.