Human Nature

Name: Human Nature
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: April 12, 2002
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 56
Cast: Patricia Arquette, Tim Robbins

2002

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Fine Line Features | Release Date: April 12, 2002 | R

Starring: Patricia Arquette, Tim Robbins

Summary: A philosophical burlesque, Human Nature follows the ups and downs of an obsessive scientist, a female naturalist, and the man they discover, born and raised in the wild. (Fine Line Features)

Director: Michel Gondry

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 96 min

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Shawn Levy

Both deeply weird and charmingly dear.

David Edelstein

The characters are much less finely tuned and the climax is a botch, but the French-financed film is often a riot, and the sensibility is all there. Read full review

Roger Ebert

The movie has nowhere much to go and nothing much to prove, except that Stephen King is correct and if you can devise the right characters and the right situation, the plot will take care of itself -- or not, as the case may be. Read full review

Andrew O'Hehir

The second movie by "Being John Malkovich" writer Charlie Kaufman is even weirder than his first. Read full review

Rene Rodriguez

The best stuff in Human Nature comes early, while the movie is still spry and daring --Then the film runs out of ideas, repetition sets in and so does boredom. Read full review

William Arnold

The movie never gets off the ground. Kaufman's script is never especially clever and often is rather pretentious. Read full review

Lawrence Toppman

Feeble, vapid picture. Read full review

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Leinad177

Aug 19, 2010

It's hard to describe this movie without spoiling it, however i can say that if you only like serious movies then you might not like this. This movie is the worst of Kaufman's movies, but it is still better than most movies out there.

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Schmit93

Jan 13, 2011

I love Charlie Kaufman movies (even Synecdoche, New York) however, I thought this was too clever for it's own good.Rhys Ifans is the best part of the movie. This movie is almost always intriguing, whether it's character interaction, dialogue or just something visually amusing. However,I love Charlie Kaufman movies (even Synecdoche, New York) however, I thought this was too clever for it's own good.Rhys Ifans is the best part of the movie. This movie is almost always intriguing, whether it's character interaction, dialogue or just something visually amusing. However, there were a lot of slow spots and by the end, I felt like it was kind of a pointless movie unlike his other works, Forgettable, but not bad.… Expand

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Habibiehakim

Aug 29, 2021

It's terrible, it's stupid, it's awful, this movie didn't deserve to be made and didn't deserve to be exist, Human Nature is an absolute garbage and that was the right place for this movie to be place, this is a movie for a real ape and other real animal, why?, because it's too stupid andIt's terrible, it's stupid, it's awful, this movie didn't deserve to be made and didn't deserve to be exist, Human Nature is an absolute garbage and that was the right place for this movie to be place, this is a movie for a real ape and other real animal, why?, because it's too stupid and too hilariously bad for a real human to watch, overall Human Nature is so far my personal worst movie ever.… Expand

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