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Human Nature (2001) 6.2
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6.2/10 from 12,522 users
Metascore: 56/100
Reviews: 73 user | 86 critic | 30 from Metacritic.com A woman is in love with a man in love with another woman, and all three have designs on a young man raised as an ape. Director:Michel GondryWriter:Charlie Kaufman |
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| Rhys Ifans | ... | ||
| Tim Robbins | ... | ||
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Ken Magee | ... | |
| Sy Richardson | ... | ||
| David Warshofsky | ... | ||
| Hilary Duff | ... | ||
| Stanley DeSantis | ... |
Doctor
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Bobby Harwell | ... | |
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Bobby Pyle | ... | |
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Chase MacKenzie Bebak | ... |
Young Nathan
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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. Written by Anonymous
Plot Keywords:
nature | scientist | table manners | manners | boyfriend girlfriend relationship |Taglines:
In the Interest of Civilization... Conform.Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
12 September 2001 (France) See more »Also Known As:
Human Nature - Die Krone der Schöpfung See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$297,340 (USA) (12 April 2002)Gross:
$695,876 (USA) (3 May 2002)Company Credits
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Lila Jute: I'm *not* sorry.
Puff: I *am* sorry.
Nathan Bronfman: I don't even know what sorry means anymore.
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Music and Orchestrations by Jean-Michel Bernard
Lyrics by Florence Fontaine
Performed by Nathalie Lhermitte with Jean-Michel Bernard (piano), Michel Gaucher (sax)
Sound engineer: Rodolphe Gervais
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Steven Soderbergh was first interested in directing Charlie Kaufman's script back in late 1996, when Kaufman was still trying to get Being John Malkovich produced. Soderbergh's considerations for casting were for David Hyde Pierce in the role of Nathan Bronfman, Chris Kattan in the role of Puff (likely due to his character Mr. Peepers on Saturday Night Live at the time), and Marisa Tomei in the role of Lila Jute. He was about to go into pre-production when he was offered Out of Sight and after much deliberation he left the project. See more »Goofs
When Dr. Bronfman (Tim Robbins) enters the woods with the pistol (a German Luger) there is the sound of the hammer of a revolver being cocked - but a Luger does not make a sound like that. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Lila Jute: I'm *not* sorry.
Puff: I *am* sorry.
Nathan Bronfman: I don't even know what sorry means anymore.
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Soundtracks
"Au dehors frémit la pluie"Music and Orchestrations by Jean-Michel Bernard
Lyrics by Florence Fontaine
Performed by Nathalie Lhermitte with Jean-Michel Bernard (piano), Michel Gaucher (sax)
Sound engineer: Rodolphe Gervais
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This may be one of the most undereatimated movies on the imdb. Trumped only by it's more popular cousin Adaptation, this movie in the best that film language has to offer express all the joy, sorrow, misery, agony, torment, ennui, sillyness, and boozy lust of being a biologacal creature in a social super structure. I love this movie. I love how it translates the dry language psychological philosophy into an entertaining movie that is both emotional heavy and light heartedly funny. Rhys Ifans is absolutely wonderful in his portayal of the apotheosis of the destructive nature of language on human emotion. As with adaptation I just can't say enough about this movie. They seem so intelligent and full of joy that Charlie Kaufman is quickly becoming one of my favorite writers in hollywood along with Linklater and Tarantino.
10 out of 10 i'm drunk