History YMMV / Gummo

** Solomon's bath scene. The bathroom is decrepit in all possible senses of the word, there's a random piece of bacon taped to the wall, and the bathwater is damn near pitch black for unexplained reasons. [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight Solomon seems so unfazed by this]] that when he drops his candy bar in the water, ''he still eats it''.

* CriticalDissonance: The film was horribly recieved by critics upon release and has both a 19 score and a 38 score on Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes but it has a more positive scores from audiences (6.7 on Metacritic and 73% on Rotten Tomatoes) as the film has gotten more praise the years after its release.

* SignatureScene: Either Solomon [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext having a meal of spaghetti, pink milk, and a Nestle Crunch bar in a bathtub]] [[NauseaFuel full of near-pitch-black water]], or Bunny Boy being "killed" by two young, profane cowboys (as this was the scene used to represent the film when it played on a TV in ''Film/{{Belly}}'').

* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: Either you get this movie, or you don't.

* EndingFatigue: Many agree that the strange "Jesus loves me" bit that the film concludes with was unnecessary, and would've had a far stronger conclusion had it bowed out on the rather theatrical montage directly preceding it, set to Music/RoyOrbison's "Crying". Granted, it's only an additional twenty seconds, but Bunny Boy holding the cat up to the camera feels like a more natural point for the film to end.

** A boy removing a family picture from the wall only to reveal a gaping hole where a ''massive'' number of bugs crawl out.
** Solomon's bath scene. The bathroom is decrepit in all possible senses of the word, there's a random piece of bacon taped to the wall, and '''the bathwater is damn near pitch black for unexplained reasons'''. [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight Solomon seems so unfazed by this]] that when he drops his candy bar in the water, ''he still eats it''.

** Any dog or cat lovers might want to skip this film, as it contains ample footage of such animals already dead or actively being killed. Animals are drowned, shot at, whipped, stepped on, and [[NauseaFuel actively decomposing]]. Korine has publicly stated that the effect was achieved using puppets and stuffed animals, [[NoAnimalsWereHarmed not actual cats and dogs]], but it likely won't add that much comfort.
** One of the most haunting scenes has to be one in which a little girl confesses to being sexually abused by her father. The choice of music goes along with the monologue in a chilling way; as she states that her father would ask her to take off her panties and then get on top of her, the music begins drowning out the girl's words, [[NothingIsScarier leaving the details of the story and the severity of the father's deeds unknown]]. This is visually accompanied by home video footage of a man presumed to be [[DirtyOldMan said father]] turning and smiling to the camera. The clip is then repeated over and over, making us watch the father's seemingly innocent smile turn into something sinister.

-->"A few years ago, a tornado hit this place. It killed people left and right. Dogs died. Cats died. Houses were split open, and you could see necklaces hanging from branches of trees. People's legs and neck bones were sticking out. Oliver found a leg on his roof. A lot of people's fathers died, and were killed by the great tornado. I saw a girl fly through the sky and I looked up her skirt. Her skull was smashed. And some kids died. My neighbor was killed in that house. He used to ride dirt bikes and three-wheelers. They never found his head. I always thought that was funny. People died in Xenia."

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: The whole movie is a showcase of people living depressing lives and getting involved in very disturbing antics to alleviate their boredom.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: The whole movie is a showcase of people living depressing lives and getting involved in very disturbing antics to elevate their boredom.

* EndingFatigue: Many agree that the strange "Jesus loves me" bit that the film concludes with was unnecessary, and would've had a far stronger conclusion had it bowed out on the rather theatrical montage directly preceding it, set to Music/RoyOrbison's "Crying".

** Any dog or cat lovers might want to skip this film, as it contains ample footage of such animals already dead or actively being killed. You get the [[SarcasmMode supreme pleasure]] of seeing the animals drowned, shot at, whipped, stepped on, and [[NauseaFuel actively decomposing]]. Korine has publicly stated that the effect was achieved using puppets and stuffed animals, [[NoAnimalsWereHarmed not actual cats and dogs]], but it likely won't add that much comfort.

-->"A few years ago, a tornado hit this place. It killed people left and right. Dogs died. Cats died. Houses were split open, and you could see necklaces hanging from branches of trees. People's legs and neck bones were sticking out. Oliver found a leg on his roof. A lot of people's fathers died, and were killed by the great tornado. I saw a girl fly through the sky and I looked up her skirt. Her skull was smashed. And some kids died. My neighbor was killed
in that house. He used to ride dirt bikes and three-wheelers. They never found his head. I always thought that was funny. People died in Xenia."

* LoveItOrHateIt: See below trope.

* IntentionalValuesDissonance: The sexism and racism, the truly venomous homophobia and transphobia (particularly exhibited by children who hardly even know what they're talking about), and the casual animal cruelty of the residents of Xenia are all intentionally disturbing and unsettling.

* FirstInstallmentWins: Often regarded as Creator/HarmonyKorine's MagnumOpus.

* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: The movie is this.
* TheWoobie: Solomon, the Bunny Boy, and the closeted gay man played by director Harmony Korine.

* TheWoobie: Solomon, the Bunny Boy and the closeted gay man played by director Harmony Korine.

* FirstInstallmentWins: Often regarded as Creator/Harmony Korine's MagnumOpus.

* FirstInstallmentWins: Often regarded as {{Harmony Korine}}'s MagnumOpus.

* FirstInstallmentWins: Often regarded as HarmonyKorine's MagnumOpus.

* CompleteMonster: Solomon describes his companion Tummler: "Some say he's pure evil. He has a marvelous persona He's got what it takes to be a legend." Whether Tummler really is this is largely up to the audience.

* TheWoobie: Solomon, the Bunny Boy and arguably the closeted gay man played by director Harmony Korine.

* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: The entire movie is this.