Review of The Humans (2021) by Livinmediocre — 24 Nov 2021

Far too much of this film is wasted on trying to be hyper-realistic rather than helping the characters find any release to the problems they're persistent with. Nothing changes from start to end. We just start in, and so begins the chaos of trying to have a happy Thanksgiving with a family who can't seem to stand to be around each other.

Also, I know it's been said, but there is no way that Brigid and Richard can afford the apartment they live in, even as run down as it is. Something that size where they don't do much other than bartending, and to be honest I'm not sure what else it's not mentioned that much.

It's not necessarily a fault to the film, because who cares, just something that bugged me the whole time.

I'm usually a huge sucker for films that make my anxiety peak, but being in the environment of this film just brought me to near panic attack moments in advance of actual Thanksgiving with parents and in-laws-to-be.

Wish more of this movie, even a few more minutes, was devoted to MoMo. That's where, I think, the heart of this movie lies. Every single character sans Richard has this really deep connection to her and her depleting mind and health. But it's given only a couple of brief moments where she wanders off or gets in sync with the rest of the family for a bit.

All in all, while this had great performances, and I did like the barebones approach to the film in terms of its set design, it falls pretty flat and is a bit of a letdown by the end of its runtime.