A delicious, quirky movie with a terrific screenplay and fanciful direction by Michael Gondry.
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04/10/02
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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.
Theatrical Release:Apr 12, 2002 Limited
Box Office: $651,165
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
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Reviews for Human Nature
Human Nature is a goofball movie, in the way that Malkovich was, but it tries too hard.
04/12/02
Top CriticHuman Nature initially succeeds by allowing itself to go crazy, but ultimately fails by spinning out of control.
04/12/02
Such a premise is ripe for all manner of lunacy, but Kaufman and Gondry rarely seem sure of where it should go.
05/13/02
If only it were, well, funnier.
04/12/02
If you like quirky, odd movies and/or the ironic, here's a fun one.
03/10/02
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.
04/12/02
Kaufman's script is never especially clever and often is rather pretentious.
04/11/02
Cheap, vulgar dialogue and a plot that crawls along at a snail's pace.
04/09/02
This time Kaufman's imagination has failed him.
04/12/02
A diverting detour into the gonzo outlook of a humorist who actually has something on his mind.
04/12/02
Human Nature, in short, isn't nearly as funny as it thinks it is; neither is it as smart.
04/11/02
[Kaufman and Gondry] dive right into the subject [of sex] to lay bare the pain of it, and to have us laugh at it.
09/08/09
If Kaufman kept Cameron Diaz a prisoner in a cage with her ape, in his latest, he'd have them mate.
04/13/02
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
A wild comedy that could only spring from the demented mind of the writer of Being John Malkovich.
04/09/02
Human Nature talks the talk, but it fails to walk the silly walk that distinguishes the merely quirky from the surreal.
04/12/02
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.
04/12/02
Top CriticEven film silliness needs a little gravity, beyond good hair and humping.
04/12/02
A ton of cute ideas do not a satisfying movie make.
10/16/03
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