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Gummo - 1997
6.6
Prepare to visit a town you'd never want to call home.
Overview:
Solomon and Tummler are two teenagers killing time in Xenia, Ohio, a small town that has never recovered from the tornado that ravaged the community in the 1970s.
Status: Released
Release: 1997-10-17
Runtime: 89 minutes
Ratings: 6.6
Vote Counts: 666
Budget: 1300000 $
Revenue: 116799 $
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