In Our Nature
Metascore
51 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 11 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 11
  3. Negative: 1 out of 11
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  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Frank Scheck
    Nov 12, 2012
    80
    A quiet, nearly plot-free drama enlivened by beautifully nuanced performances by its four-person leading ensemble, In Our Nature depicts familiar dysfunctional family dynamics with a welcome lack of melodrama.
  2. The Playlist
    Reviewed by: Todd Gilchrist
    Dec 11, 2012
    75
    As prophetic as it is provocative, exploring dysfunction, in a recognizable but no less satisfying way.
  3. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Leah Churner
    Dec 12, 2012
    67
    A study in fine gradations of resentment in the great outdoors, In Our Nature is a little too subtle for this genre. Country-house-fiasco films are only satisfying when the shit truly hits the fan.
  4. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    Dec 6, 2012
    60
    Is the movie psychologically accurate? Yes. But that doesn't keep it from being a little dull.
  5. Variety
    Reviewed by: Peter Debruge
    Nov 12, 2012
    60
    Writer-director Brian Savelson drags four characters all the way out to the woods to orchestrate the sort of politely confrontational chamber piece best suited to an Off Off Broadway stage in In Our Nature, an eloquent but overly rehearsed drama.
  6. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Noel Murray
    Dec 5, 2012
    58
    Brian Savelson's small-scaled domestic drama In Our Nature evokes a specific, fairly common experience: when two young lovers expose a still-blossoming relationship to their relatives' stifling attention.
  7. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    Dec 7, 2012
    50
    Nuanced work by the great John Slattery ("Mad Men") as an emotionally distant dad isn't enough to sustain more than sporadic interest in Brian Savelson's underwritten, slow-moving indie, which plays distressingly like a photographed off-Broadway drama.
  8. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Pete Vonder Haar
    Dec 4, 2012
    50
    By the time Savelson has hit all the obligatory checkpoints (unplanned pregnancy, dying parents, bear home invasion), the reconciliation we all saw coming has been achieved.
  9. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Joe Neumaier
    Dec 6, 2012
    40
    A mopey indie family drama like In Our Nature can't quash "Mad Men" star John Slattery's charm no matter how badly it tries.
  10. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Joshua Rothkopf
    Dec 4, 2012
    40
    In the wake of the spunkier "Your Sister's Sister," writer-director Brian Savelson can't seem to mount a head of steam, and his chamber piece feels underdeveloped. Even Slattery's sourness doesn't redeem the banality of impending heart-to-hearts.
  11. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Diego Costa
    Dec 7, 2012
    25
    In Our Nature's visual style seems plastered on or allocated, not developed with any sort of authorial singularity.

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