Human Nature
2001 · Movie · R · 96 min · ★ 6.0 · 52% critics
An obsessive scientist tries to “civilize” a man who’s been raised in the wild, while a naturalist fights to protect his natural state. Their escalating power struggle turns into a strange, quirky love triangle with competing ideas about nature versus nurture.
Also known as La nature humaine
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Details
- Years
- 2001
- Release date
- 2001-09-12
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Critic score
- 52/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 (292 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like Charlie Kaufman-style oddball romcoms and brainy nature-versus-nurture questions, as it’s weird, funny, and thought-provoking; Not for you if you want a straightforward crowd-pleaser like The Science of Sleep or a more conventional tone like I Heart Huckabees.
Pros: smart, offbeat premise; quirky comedy; inventive characters | Cons: uneven pacing; comedy sometimes falls flat; love story unclear
Themes
- mentally disabled
- individual
- human evolution
- experiment
- small person
- sexuality
- philosophy
- professor
- mouse
- arts and culture
- civilization
- sapient
- +7 more
Cast & crew
Tim Robbins
as Nathan Bronfman
Patricia Arquette
as Lila Jute
Rhys Ifans
as Puff
Miranda Otto
as Gabrielle
Mary Kay Place
as Nathan's Mother
Robert Forster
as Nathan's Father
Peter Dinklage
as Frank
Rosie Perez
as Louise
Hilary Duff
as Young Lila Jute
Miguel Sandoval
as Wendall the Therapist
Directed by Michel Gondry