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In Theaters Now
- 2024
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- IFC Films
- 1 h 33 m
- 2024
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- IFC Films
- 1 h 33 m
Summary A global environmental collapse forces world leaders to take extreme measures to reduce earth’s population.
Directed By: Caitlin Cronenberg
In Theaters Now
- 2024
- R
- IFC Films
- 1 h 33 m
- 2024
- R
- IFC Films
- 1 h 33 m
Humane
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2.8
Where to Watch
Summary A global environmental collapse forces world leaders to take extreme measures to reduce earth’s population.
Directed By: Caitlin Cronenberg
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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45% Positive
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55% Mixed
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
58
45% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
55% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Negative
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Cronenberg offers a light touch to the material, spiking the deeply depressing dystopia with a sibling-rivalry battle royale that eagerly, if sometimes wobblily, shifts between sharp humour and slippery sentimentality.
Through its dynamic direction, clever script, and stellar, largely Canadian cast, Humane has earned a place in the longstanding genre of ecological thrillers. It's a fun, bloody reminder not only of how far people will go to save themselves, but to always bring pepper spray to an unexpected family dinner.
If Brandon absorbed daddy dearest’s predilection for body horror and new flesh, then Caitlin has clearly studied his razor wit and grasp of metaphorical social commentary.
This isn’t a movie with much to say, but it’s the sort of thought experiment that will keep you up at night.
It certainly makes good on its modest budget. Future historians, meanwhile, can more fully assess the noteworthiness of its narrative choices.
When the film firmly goes off the rails in the second act, [Cronenberg] still showcases an ability to play up tension as the four children hunt each other in the expansive mansion. In isolation, the bifurcation works but, taken together, it suggests an underbaked concept that was never fully realized and, alternatively, a slasher that never makes its characters feel human.
Caitlin Cronenberg vests her images with an eerie, confident power, but that’s more evident in her examinations of the frictions between the characters, and not so much in the tapestry of murder and mayhem that ensues.
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 8 User Ratings
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User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 8 User Ratings
2.8
13% Positive
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25% Mixed
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Production Company
Victory Man Productions,
Téléfilm Canada,
Ontario Creates,
The Harold Greenberg Fund,
Elevation Pictures,
Prospero Pictures,
XYZ Films
Release Date Apr 26, 2024
Duration 1 h 33 m
Rating R
Tagline Dying makes all the difference in the world.
Website
https://www.humanemovie.com