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Human Nature follows a
group of three very strange individuals. One
is a scientist (Tim Robbins) who has a
particular knack for teaching mice table
manners, another is a woman who finds
out that she has natural body hair as
that of an ape, and another character,
an ape (Rhys Ifans), who is one of the
center focuses in Robbins' experiment in
translating to human conditions.
As I departed the theater when the movie
concluded, one of the first things that
popped up into my head was, "that was
one of the strangest movies I have ever
seen". The film has a touch of that
quirky feeling from Malkovich, but a lot
of the times it more so feels as if you
are watching some weird ass, somewhat
poorly captured episode on the Discovery
Channel or something. None of the
performances are anything to rave about,
but Human Nature does provide some
laugh-out-loud moments throughout the
ride, just more on a hit-and-miss basis.
It feels like one of those Saturday
Night Live skits which are adapted into
a full length hour and a half feature
film
where much of it is retired humor that
could have simply remained as a short
skit.
While I was not kicking
and screaming throughout Human Nature as
other worse films out there, the comedy
is nothing to rush out to and would fit
more appropriately as the one flick to
catch on video that Saturday night when
you have nothing better to do. Nothing
significant here, but a ride that is
entertaining at times and a yawn at
others.
Grade: C
Crowd Report:
Thursday, May 2
2:15 pm PST show
150 - 200 seats
8 people in attendance |
