Human Nature, in short, isn't nearly as funny as it thinks it is; neither is it as smart.
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04/11/02
Human Nature (2002)
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Reviews Counted:94
Fresh:46
Rotten:48
Average Rating:5.8/10
Consensus: As quirky as Being John Malkovich but not as funny, Human Nature feels too forced and unengaging.
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: When Lila Jute (Patricia Arquette), a nature writer with excessive body hair, meets Nathan Bronfman (Tim Robbins), an obsessive/compulsive scientist attempting to teach mice table manners, the two... [More]
Starring: Tim Robbins, Patricia Arquette, Rhys Ifans, Miranda Otto
Director: Michel Gondry
Reviews for Human Nature
Kaufman's script is never especially clever and often is rather pretentious.
04/11/02
Base, venal and odd in all the wrong ways.
04/11/02
This is an aggressive mix of smart and stupid, a high-concept goof that swings with abandon and makes enough contact to keep you smiling.
04/11/02
A sporadically amusing mess of good intentions and bad execution.
04/11/02
This would-be comedy provides commentary on the conflicting urges -- social and animal -- within each of us, without managing to address our human urge to laugh.
04/11/02
Feeble, vapid picture.
04/11/02
A movie you observe, rather than one you enter into.
04/11/02
The movie is too cute to take itself too seriously, but it still feels like it was made by some very stoned college students.
04/11/02
A movie that falls victim to frazzled wackiness and frayed satire.
04/11/02
A distinct letdown...Though it wants to be sharp and scintillating, the film is contrived and strangely stodgy instead.
04/11/02
A delicious, quirky movie with a terrific screenplay and fanciful direction by Michael Gondry.
04/10/02
Cheap, vulgar dialogue and a plot that crawls along at a snail's pace.
04/09/02
A wild comedy that could only spring from the demented mind of the writer of Being John Malkovich.
04/09/02
An overemphatic, would-be wacky, ultimately tedious sex farce.
04/09/02
Gondry's direction is adequate ... but what gives Human Nature its unique feel is Kaufman's script.
04/08/02
Gondry ... doesn't fall into the same of other directors from his medium (like, say, Behind Enemy Lines) by not sacrificing substance for style.
04/05/02
The movie lacks the energizing force that Jonze, a producer on this film, gave Malkovich.
03/28/02
Anyone who welcomes a dash of the avant-garde fused with their humor should take pleasure in this crazed, joyous romp of a film.
03/28/02
Latest News for Human Nature
May 02, 2006:
Gondry and Jack Black Promise to "Rewind"
Director Michel Gondry and professional goofball Jack Black will soon be collaborating on a rather bizarre-sounding high-concept comedy called "Be Kind Rewind," the... More...
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