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NUMBERS
Box Office: $651,165
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CONSENSUS
As quirky as Being John Malkovich but not as funny, Human Nature feels too forced and unengaging.
CAST & CREW
Tim Robbins, Patricia Arquette, Rhys Ifans
Directed by Michel Gondry
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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 begin an unlikely romance. more...
MPAA RATING
R, for sexuality/nudity and language
RUNTIME
1 hour, 36 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Apr 12, 2002
Video: Dec 10, 2002
RELEASE COMPANY
Fine Line Features
GENRE
Comedies, Authors
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official Human Nature Site
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PARENTS EVALUATION
TRAILER & MEDIA
NEWS ARTICLES
SUBMIT/EDIT ARTICLE
SUBMIT USER REVIEW
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 "A delicious, quirky movie with a terrific screenplay and fanciful direction by Michael Gondry."
-- Victoria Alexander, FILMSINREVIEW.COM
 "Human Nature initially succeeds by allowing itself to go crazy, but ultimately fails by spinning out of control."
-- Jeffrey M. Anderson, SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
"Such a premise is ripe for all manner of lunacy, but Kaufman and Gondry rarely seem sure of where it should go."
-- Jason Anderson, EYE WEEKLY
"If only it were, well, funnier."
-- Todd Anthony, SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL
"The movie's ultimate point -- that everyone should be themselves -- is trite, but the screenwriter and director Michel Gondry restate it to the point of ridiculousness."
-- Rod Armstrong, REEL.COM
"Cheap, vulgar dialogue and a plot that crawls along at a snail's pace."
-- Jeanne Aufmuth, PALO ALTO WEEKLY
"A diverting detour into the gonzo outlook of a humorist who actually has something on his mind."
-- Robert W. Butler, KANSAS CITY STAR
"If Kaufman kept Cameron Diaz a prisoner in a cage with her ape, in his latest, he'd have them mate."
-- Laura Clifford, REELING REVIEWS
"Anyone who welcomes a dash of the avant-garde fused with their humor should take pleasure in this crazed, joyous romp of a film."
-- Warren Curry, FILMCRITIC.COM
"Even film silliness needs a little gravity, beyond good hair and humping."
-- David Elliott, SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE
"Though not as tightly focused or as well-performed as Malkovich, Human Nature has its own absurdist flair."
-- Jack Garner, ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE
"Soul is what's lacking in every character in this movie and, subsequently, the movie itself."
-- Jeffrey Huston, COZZI FAN TUTTI CELLULOID MUSINGS
"So original in its base concept that you cannot help but get caught up."
-- Bruce Kirkland, JAM! MOVIES
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"If you like quirky, odd movies and/or the ironic, here's a fun one."
-- Ross Anthony, HOLLYWOOD REPORT CARD
"Kaufman's script is never especially clever and often is rather pretentious."
-- William Arnold, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
"This time Kaufman's imagination has failed him."
-- Jay Boyar, ORLANDO SENTINEL
"Human Nature, in short, isn't nearly as funny as it thinks it is; neither is it as smart."
-- Walter Chaw, FILM FREAK CENTRAL
"As shaky as the plot is, Kaufman’s script is still memorable for some great one-liners."
-- David Cornelius, AMAZING COLOSSAL WEBSITE
"A wild comedy that could only spring from the demented mind of the writer of Being John Malkovich."
-- Michael Dequina, MR. BROWN'S MOVIES
"The year's happiest surprise, a movie that deals with a real subject in an always surprising way."
-- Marshall Fine, JOURNAL NEWS
"A movie you observe, rather than one you enter into."
-- Chris Hewitt, ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS
"...the movie just seemed to be trying too hard to be something different.."
-- JoBlo, JOBLO'S MOVIE EMPORIUM
"Gondry's direction is adequate ... but what gives Human Nature its unique feel is Kaufman's script."
-- Jim Lane, SACRAMENTO NEWS & REVIEW
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ROTTEN 38%
Avg. Rating: 5.7/10 |
"Human Nature is a goofball movie, in the way that Malkovich was, but it tries too hard."
-- John Anderson, NEWSDAY
"If it tried to do anything more, it would fail and perhaps explode, but at this level of manic whimsy, it is just about right."
-- Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
"A movie that falls victim to frazzled wackiness and frayed satire."
-- Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
"The movie is too cute to take itself too seriously, but it still feels like it was made by some very stoned college students."
-- Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"It's just weirdness for the sake of weirdness, and where Human Nature should be ingratiating, it's just grating."
-- Renee Graham, BOSTON GLOBE
"An overemphatic, would-be wacky, ultimately tedious sex farce."
-- J. Hoberman, VILLAGE VOICE
"A film of ideas and wry comic mayhem."
-- Kirk Honeycutt, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"I could have used my two hours better watching Being John Malkovich again."
-- Desson Howe, WASHINGTON POST
"The results, if not memorable, are at least interesting."
-- Stephen Hunter, WASHINGTON POST
"For all its highfalutin title and corkscrew narrative, the movie turns out to be not much more than a shaggy human tale."
-- Liam Lacey, GLOBE AND MAIL
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"Both deeply weird and charmingly dear."
-- Shawn Levy, OREGONIAN
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* Who are the Approved Tomatometer Critics?
* Mouse over a tomato icon for a publication's original rating. Original rating not available for every publication.
* In fairness to critics whose last name begins with a letter at the end of the alphabet, certain pages are sorted in reverse order, z-a.
* Certain "Human Nature" article data provided by the Movie Review Query Engine.
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