Review of Human Nature (2001) by Paul O — 17 Dec 2011

One of the strangest movie that ever passed through my dvd-player. "Human Nature" is a really peculiar one, but at the end what's its meaning and where does it want to go? I mean, I was sure I got it right -- the message was supposed to be something like 'men were happier when they were leaving in the forest, so let's get back there --' but, no that's not the message here. And neither is that a man living in a civilized world is better than a man living in a forest, just have a look at the ending and you'll know what I mean...

So yes, the intention was good but the movie that was produced turned out being really confusing. "Human Nature" wants to mix comedy with some very scentific-based theories and studies. And it just didn't work for me. Moreover, the main characters change their attitide so often throughout the movie that I'm still not really sure to 'know' them -- they all are very uncostant.

But I have to admit that "Human Nature" has many original and interesting scenes and ideas in it. The beginning was almost mouth-opening: a man in a white room, a woman in jail and a man living in the forest sounded relally intriguing. And it was, but could have been memorable and it wasn't.