Diary entries forThe Humans
The Humans
Impressive directing and moments but the in betweens feel excessively whimsical
The Humans
"The horror stories are about the humans" A horror film (putting aside the sheer amount of jump scares, there's absolutely more than enough tension and eerie feelings in the air permeating the majority of the runtime to qualify this for me, this really can't be debated) about a family of broken people trying to find ways to be happy, if only for a holiday gathering, while simultaneously trying to survive the ordeals life has tossed their way. Some find more success at it than others Erik (played expertly by Richard Jenkins) is worried about everything. A daughter living near a flood zone and also near where the towers fell; weird dreams; noises upstairs; noises in the dark; noises in general when he's deep in thought; who's hanging out outside; losing his pension and getting fired; his family's relationship issues; his own relationship issues and his actions that affected them; how much it costs to be alive; what's happening to his aging, dying and not-realizing-it mom; will it happen that way to him too; how broken down every physical aspect of the home he's in for this gathering is; will that happen to him too. Somehow what stands out amidst all these worries and doubt is he's worried about where to put blame for any of it/all of it, and if he deserves this for a lifetime of action at the wrong time and inaction at the absolute wrong time The daughter whose house he's in that adds to his anxiousness (played by Beanie Feldstein) has student loan debt making this decrepit place more viable than most. She can't afford therapy for her depression, a plight few else in the family can afford financially or with time to assist with and the ones who can don't take depression seriously enough to try, even though they definitely also have it as is obvious by even one overheard conversation from any of them. When it's all too much, she cries in a different section of her own home so as to not disturb the rest of her family, even when it's their words that cause the tears Erik also has another daughter. In a film with many surprises, Amy Schumer's performance here is maybe the least-expected. She's unemployed, has health issues, also has money issues, and has no real and/or healthy relationship to fall back on because her family's clearly dysfunctional and she's not yet over her girlfriend breaking up with her Despite being an office manager, Erik's wife Deirdre (Jayne Houdyshell) has similar financial issues, which are admittedly not helped by taking care of both Erik's mom with Alzheimers and her own aunt (recovering from knee injuries) simultaneously. Given the awful things she's seen, and the awful things done to her, and the awful things said around and about her (that she inevitably overhears), she has maybe the least reason to have as much faith as she does that things will improve for the better. That life has its ups and its downs, and the ups can't be limitless or end at a certain age Steven Yeun as Richard, the girlfriend of Feldstein's character, does the best job of the whole gang at keeping a calm face and closest to being happy, despite being blatantly the most actively-overworked of the day trying to make this Thanksgiving meal work for a family he's not even really an official part of yet. When in one of the braver moments of the film he acknowledges he has had experiences with depression but he likes to think he's put in the work to try overcoming that and feels he's in a better place now, it effectively instigates the family to talk about how (whether they realize it or not) they all know they have it too, right now, they just don't want to call it that, because it's not supposed to happen to them, and even if it were you're not supposed to admit it out loud In a lesser, worse film like a Malcolm & Marie, any or all of these scenes could be more confrontational than any of them end up being, or more pointless, or just devolve into one ninety-minute argument scene that makes you just wonder why they'd ever still willingly speak to each other, let alone stay. Not once, even at the beautifully-done end scene, did this ever come up as a real possibility of happening in The Humans. Through it all you get the sense this Is a family, these people Do love and care about each other, they just...need to try harder at showing that as best as they can. It's a testament to the quality of the film and its talent that none of the above is really a spoiler for the directions, and depth, the tale goes; it's a testament to the performance of Jenkins that he can have his character say a cheer "To knowing this is what matters. Right here." and "Everything you have in this life, it goes" in the same conversation and it not only feels sincere, it doesn't feel awkwardly out of place like a thing multiple people should be saying Not my favorite film of the year, maybe not even the one I've thought most about after the credits rolled. But definitely the one I've paused and taken the most notes on during its runtime just because of moments that made me go wow, that stood out, that made me emotional, that made me feel like I was gazing into a mirror or at my own family "Nothing about this life is worth getting so worked up about", a woman in the process of losing her mind and memory says in a text to the kids she's about to forget. A sentence we could all do a better job of remembering. A sentence I know I need to do a better job of remembering
The Humans
a amy schumer é a cara do sergio moro de peruca
The Humans
A well done observation of a family in transition.
The Humans
There are some shots in this movie that I think I'll get the answer in the ending, but nothing, but it's ok. Happy Thanksgiving.
The Humans
Apesar de ser constantemente repetitiva y redundante el análisis y juego tensiónante entre los personajes resulta enriquecedor para un guion inteligente que esta al servicio de una correcta adaptación, The Humans resulta ser contundente si aceptas entrar en su minuciosas narrativa.
