
A philosophical burlesque, Human Nature follows the ups and downs of an obsessive scientist, a female naturalist, and the man they discover, born and raised in the wild. As scientist Nathan trains the wild man, Puff, in the ways of the world - starting with table manners - Nathan's lover Lila fights to preserve the man's simian past, which represents a freedom enviable to most. In the power struggle that ensues, an unusual love triangle emerges exposing the perversities of th... (Full plot summary below)
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A philosophical burlesque, Human Nature follows the ups and downs of an obsessive scientist, a female naturalist, and the man they discover, born and raised in the wild. As scientist Nathan trains the wild man, Puff, in the ways of the world - starting with table manners - Nathan's lover Lila fights to preserve the man's simian past, which represents a freedom enviable to most. In the power struggle that ensues, an unusual love triangle emerges exposing the perversities of the human heart and the idiosyncrasies of the civilized mind. Human Nature is a comical examination of the trappings of desire in a world where both nature and culture are idealized.
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| Window to the MoviesJeffrey Chen[Kaufman and Gondry] dive right into the subject [of sex] to lay bare the pain of it, and to have us laugh at it. |
| ReelTalk Movie ReviewsDiana SaengerOffers viewers a chance to laugh at themselves. |
| Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionEleanor Ringel CaterA movie that falls victim to frazzled wackiness and frayed satire. |
| FilmsInReview.comVictoria AlexanderA delicious, quirky movie with a terrific screenplay and fanciful direction by Michael Gondry. |
| Salt Lake TribuneSean P. MeansGondry never connects the clever bits into an interesting whole, and the moments come off as mere stunts. |
| Toronto StarGeoff PevereThe simplicity with which it depicts these [animal] forces eternally at war with each other is sometimes sublimely evocative. |
| CinerinaKarina MontgomeryWeird and wacky, but what else would you expect from the creators of Being John Malkovich? |
| Cincinnati EnquirerMargaret A. McGurkOne of a kind, a fresh comedy of ideas, and a daft, deft poke in the funny bone. |
| NetflixJames RocchiSurreal comedy explores the differences between man and the animals -- and finds humans wanting. |
| Philadelphia Daily NewsGary ThompsonThis 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. |