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The Humans

  • 2021
  • R
  • 1h 48m
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6.2/10
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Richard Jenkins, June Squibb, 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.

  • Director
    • Stephen Karam
  • Writer
    • Stephen Karam
  • Stars
    • Richard Jenkins
    • Jayne Houdyshell
    • Amy Schumer
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    6.2/10
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    • Director
      • Stephen Karam
    • Writer
      • Stephen Karam
    • Stars
      • Richard Jenkins
      • Jayne Houdyshell
      • Amy Schumer
    • 179User reviews
    • 73Critic reviews
    • 78Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 6 nominations

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    • Trivia
      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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    7/10
    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.
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    • Release date
      • November 24, 2021 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
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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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    • Runtime
      1 hour 48 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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