The Humans

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Richard S 11/26/2021 A wonderful screen adaptation of the stage play. The play was still strange and good but the filming and staging added to the mystery and enhanced what I had seen and heard during live stage show. See more Jim s 11/25/2021 I kept waiting for something to happen but never did. I almost walked out See more Simon T @Bucksplit Mar 27 Really interesting hybrid of domestic comedy and supernatural thriller. A family arrive at their youngest daughter's grotty and unfurnished New York apartment, to celebrate Thanksgiving. The lights burn out, there are unexplained rumblings, and family tensions flare among the laughs. Writer-director Stephen Karam allows his excellent ensemble cast to crash lines naturalistically, while his camera foregrounds the apartment's seeping walls and narrow corridors. What is so refreshing is that he doesn't explain anything - something this shares with Steven Soderbergh's Presence. A very unusual film. See more Dan C @mintchimp Feb 13 Many people just do not get this film, but I thought it was pretty great. A dark deadpan funny heart-full film, wrapped up in horror tropes. Scare cuts and creepy camera moves, used here where the only horror or danger is the awkward discomfort of getting together with family for the holidays. See more Henna T @RT76532602 Dec 2 I wish I concentrated more throughout the first half an hour or so because I bet the conversations although mundane would have been meaningful. It's not my usual type of horror because it didn't have any stereotypical themes that are present in movies such as obvious supernatural entities. It is incredibly suspensful and slow moving but it did capture my attention and I'm surprised I'm rating it a 7.5 given the lack of a climax. I did think it's depiction of the average family and human life (perhaps depicted as being observed by an unseen entity) was done beautifully as it depicted the misery of our day to day existence. I actually like the fact that I have a lot of questions in terms of Momos treatment and statements along with all of the other characters peculiar and yet completely common personalities. What I took from the movie is that this is how many of our lives appear as a horror from an outsiders perspective however the humans living a miserable existence still felt fearful/paranoid of monsters and other such entities disregarding their depression and isolation due to their brief group gatherings involving displays of faux thankfulness. See more Scott E @RT19581245 Nov 29 It had a cool feel, the angst of living in NYC, the quirks of flawed people. The ending was a bit of a downer. See more Read all reviews

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