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The Humans

  • 2021
  • R
  • 1h 48m
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6.1/10
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Richard Jenkins, June Squibb, Jayne Houdyshell, Amy Schumer, Beanie Feldstein, and Steven Yeun in The Humans (2021)
Set inside a pre-war duplex in downtown Manhattan, The Humans follows the course of an evening in which the Blake family gathers to celebrate Thanksgiving. As darkness falls outside the crumbling building, mysterious things start to go bump in the night and family tensions reach a boiling point.
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During one evening, the Blake family gathers to celebrate Thanksgiving in a broken-down flat newly rented by the daughter and her new man. As the darkness falls, we find that all have less t... Read allDuring one evening, the Blake family gathers to celebrate Thanksgiving in a broken-down flat newly rented by the daughter and her new man. As the darkness falls, we find that all have less to be thankful about.During one evening, the Blake family gathers to celebrate Thanksgiving in a broken-down flat newly rented by the daughter and her new man. As the darkness falls, we find that all have less to be thankful about.

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    • Stephen Karam
  • Writer
    • Stephen Karam
  • Stars
    • Richard Jenkins
    • Jayne Houdyshell
    • Amy Schumer
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    • Director
      • Stephen Karam
    • Writer
      • Stephen Karam
    • Stars
      • Richard Jenkins
      • Jayne Houdyshell
      • Amy Schumer
    • 192User reviews
    • 75Critic reviews
    • 78Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 9 nominations total

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    7EUyeshima

    Dysfunctional Family Dynamics in a Horror Film Setting

    Probably not the most ideal movie to watch on Thanksgiving Day as it focuses on a dysfunctional family unraveling their individual frailties during a desultory Thanksgiving dinner filled with personal confessions. It plays almost like a horror movie, but it's really an acting showcase for a strong cast including Amy Schumer in a non-comic role.
    5maxren17

    Dark and creepy

    I just watched this on Showtime. I had no idea Amy Schumer was in it. Her part was very small. Not sure why there are so many haters. How she "ruined" the film escapes me. As for the film, I was intrigued. Not a lot transpired. I don't know why I had the impression it was a ghost story, because it's not. Moody and creepy. Reminded me of my apartment in NYC that was very old, with bathtub in the kitchen. I want to recommend it because I like Richard Jenkins (he's always good) but I just can't. Hard to embrace a story that doesn't really go anywhere. I still gave it a 5.
    7aarpcats

    Requiem for the middle class

    Twenty years after 9/11, the USA no longer feels like the land of opportunity. Instead, it is the country where the rich get richer, and the rest of the country sinks deeper into debt. Instead of blaming the billionaires who have transferred the wealth of the middle class to themselves, or the fragility of an economy dependent on foreign oil, Americans blame each other. They argue about "wedge issues," small differences blown out of proportion by politicians who know anger will get them votes. It's easier to hate your neighbors than it is to accept than to accept that there is an eventual time for accounting for all superpowers, and that time for America is now.

    In this film, three generations of family gets together in a dilapidated NYC apartment to celebrate Thanksgiving. From the first shot of the film, it's clear that the family comes together out of duty, and not because they want to be together. They can't agree on anything, except that every family member feels as if the other family members have failed him. The resentment floats in a thick miasma in an apartment that looks like nothing good has ever happened there.

    With the camera as silent witness, what's haunting each family member is revealed. It's exquisitely painful filmmaking, and an incredible lesson from the "show, don't tell" school of playwriting. Every actor delivers a restrained performance so knowing that you want to hug him, but you know he will slap you.

    This is what movie making should be.
    8Horror_Flick_Fanatic

    It was good.

    After watching the film I could tell it would not get much love on IMDb, but I personally liked it. The screenplay is very good. What I liked about it were the dynamics of the family relationships. The acting was really superb by all of the actors. It seemed like the most realistic Thanksgiving film I have ever seen. Not the idealized Norman Rockwell Thanksgiving we normally see.

    The film did feel a little dark and creepy, but this isn't a horror film. It's as IMDb describes it, a family drama. So I think many people will watch it expecting horror and be turned off by it. I did love the attention to details. The old deteriorating and depressing tenement building. The banging pipes from a largely empty apartment that amplifies the sounds caused by water bubbles in the plumbing were really on point. The loud footsteps. The first couple of days in a new apartment in a large city can be frightening especially when you don't have all of your lighting in place and you are left with large empty spaces with dark shadows with strange sounds.

    I am giving this film an 8 because I felt the dialog was very organic and realistic. I felt like someone inside this apartment witnessing this Thanksgiving reunion and listening to these people. It's is bleak and depressing but it was good. Another good job from A24.
    7cutefunstrong

    The Human Condition . . .

    . . . is that we're ALL annoying. Every one of us and this movie lays bare that fact. It's about family and all of the good, bad and annoying that comes with our loved ones. It's a DRAMA, not horror, not action, not a thriller so I don't know why people are complaining that "nothing happens". If you pay attention, you'll see everything that does happen within a dysfunctional family. And for the people saying that "Amy Shumer ruined this movie" - they just hate Amy Shumer. Her acting was fine, as was the entire casts.

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      Jayne Houdyshell won a Tony Award for her performance in the Broadway production.
    • Quotes

      Erik Blake: Don't you think it should cost less to be alive?

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      Edited into Amanda the Jedi Show: Faster than your First Time Reviews 2 - Best and Worst of TIFF 2021 (2021)
    • Soundtracks
      Variations for Winds, Strings and Keyboards
      Written and Performed by Steve Reich

      Courtesy of Decca Music Group Ltd.

      Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

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    • Release date
      • November 24, 2021 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • arabuloku.com
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • İnsanlar
    • Filming locations
      • Steiner Studios - 15 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • A24
      • IAC Films
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      • $47,029
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      1 hour 48 minutes
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      • 1.85 : 1

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