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By Don Aucoin (10) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 24 Nov 2021

Karam uses lingering closeups, off-kilter camera angles, and half-heard conversations from other rooms to heighten the film’s aura of free-floating…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 23 Nov 2021

As you’d expect from this cast, the performances are uniformly excellent, with the standout being Jayne Houdyshell, the only holdover from…

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By Jesse Hassenger (800) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 23 Nov 2021

On film, The Humans is more Thanksgiving-appropriate than ever. No preludes, no gifts, no tinsel…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 23 Nov 2021

Not counting no-budget movies with casts of nonprofessionals, The Humans is one of the worst-directed films in recent memory…

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By Keith Watson (196) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 22 Nov 2021

Throughout The Humans, Stephen Karam orchestrates the highs and lows of a family reunion with Chekhovian subtlety…

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By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 22 Nov 2021

Like The Father last year, The Humans makes the set a character in itself: Karam has concocted a diabolically creaky duplex whose wonky corners…

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By Chris Evangelista (306) for Slashfilm (971) on 18 Sep 2021

The cast is dynamite across the board. The way they converse with each other feels wholly natural, as if they've been talking for years…

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By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen Daily (1,021) on 18 Sep 2021

The Humans is a marvel of slight shifts in tone and rhythm, guided by a uniformly strong cast of actors who deliver naturalistic performances…

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By Robert Abele (1,309) for TheWrap (3,203) on 18 Sep 2021

In the aggregate, Karam’s directing is so meticulously composed about conveying the density of what’s unsaid, and the mood around the people…

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By Robert Daniels (336) for The Playlist (3,871) on 18 Sep 2021

As a film, The Humans provides serrated frights and big challenges for its actors, but ultimately, it is too cold and never believable enough…

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By C.j. Prince (29) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 18 Sep 2021

The Humans spends its time inside its own head when it should have been putting more effort getting into ours…

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By Benjamin Lee (469) for The Guardian (2,969) on 18 Sep 2021

There’s something both reassuring and terrifying about it all, the family’s resilient warmth and togetherness providing comfort as the…

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By Frank Scheck (1,741) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 18 Sep 2021

The film is a remarkably insightful and powerful portrait of the human condition…

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By Peter Debruge (1,557) for Variety (12,700) on 18 Sep 2021

I’ll admit that Karam’s camera strays down one too many empty hallways for my taste, but I love the patience with which he lets things…

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By Richard Lawson (539) for Vanity Fair (761) on 18 Sep 2021

Karam makes an auspicious directorial debut, one that captures all the tense, rattling mood of his stage horror while giving it a new, decidedly…

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By David Ehrlich (1,229) for IndieWire (3,631) on 18 Sep 2021

The result is a stilted and unnerving film that chips away at the petrified staginess of its origins with every sudden noise, as if Karam were…

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By Johanna Schneller (84) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 15 Sep 2021

The writer’s adage that the specific is universal comes fully alive in this family drama, written and directed by Stephen Karam, based on…

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