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  • Actors: Tim Robbins, Patricia Arquette, Rhys Ifans, Ken Magee, Sy Richardson
  • Directors: Michel Gondry
  • Writers: Charlie Kaufman
  • Producers: Anthony Bregman, Charlie Kaufman, Julie Fong, Spike Jonze, Ted Hope
  • Format: PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English, French
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Pathe Distribution Ltd
  • DVD Release Date: 4 Aug 2003
  • Run Time: 92 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00023CDJ6
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 19,035 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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When Lila starts puberty something goes wrong and begins to grow a covering of thick hair all over her body. Unable to cope with this she moves to a secluded forest and becomes a best selling author. However at the age of thirty lila craves for male company and sets out to get back into society...

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5.0 out of 5 stars It's only "Human Nature", 1 Jan 2006
By E. A Solinas "ea_solinas" (MD USA) - See all my reviews
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Men raised as apes. Mannered mice. Women with bad body hair days. Don't expect anything halfway normal in the ironically-titled "Human Nature," the first collaboration between the brilliant Michel Gondry and even more brilliant Charlie Kaufman. Forget style above substance -- this is a thinking man's comedy, quirky and utterly hilarious.

It opens with a dead man, a convicted woman, and a genteel simian-man all speaking of their pasts: Lila (Patricia Arquette) became horribly hirsute when she was a teen -- by twenty, she was "Queen Kong" in a sideshow. Miserable, she retreated to the woods and became a reknowned nature writer. During electrolysis treatment some years later, a nurse offers to set her up with a desperate guy: Nathan Bronfman (Tim Robbins), a manners-obsessed scientist who is teaching them to white mice.

One day in the woods, Lila and Nathan come across a feral young man they call Puff (Rhys Ifans) -- as explained early on, Puff's father thought he was an ape, and raised his son accordingly. Now Puff is being taught the ways of humanity, as Lila tries to preserve the more primitive things about human beings -- and a warped love triangle results.

Michel Gondry and Charlie Kaufman recently collaborated on the wonderful, poignant "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," so it's not surprising that their first joint film was also excellent. It's the sort of film that can't be easily pegged as one thing or another -- part comedy, part satire, part blinking question mark. Is it human nature to be naked and free, to be civilized and uptight, or does it lie somewhere in the middle? Are we just animals in clothes, or do humans have something more... or less? "Human Nature" doesn't answer all these questions, but it does make you think about them.

Michel Gondry's quirky style -- he directed some of Bjork's best music videos -- suits this equally quirky movie. He keeps the movie jumping quickly from scene to scene, moving fast enough that you never get bored. And he seems like a kind of directorial minimalist (the afterlife is a white room with a white table and white mist). At other times, he takes slapstick to new heights, lightening up the cerebral tone of the comedy.

The surreal flashbacks and oddball comedy (like Ifans wearing a shock collar) give "Human Nature" cinematic style. But the characters are what really fill up the screen -- Arquette does an excellent job as the tormented Lila, particularly during a beautiful musical number in the woods. Rhys Ifans is even better, whether it's as an uncivilized ape-man, or as an eloquent, rather dapper ape-man.

Dorky scientists, civilized simians and hairy women sound like an idiotic basis for a movie, but Kaufman and Gondry transform it into a smart, strange comedy. Definitely not to be missed.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars nice idea, 21 Feb 2007
This is a good idea for a film. It is open minded, fun and experimental. It does have its flaws, which I feel could have been saved by redrafting the script just that one more time before shooting.

As it stands, the script does not completely follow a logical path. It turns a few corners and they feel a tad contived ... the ending especially.. If you properly think about the ending, it doesnot really make much sense, as it requires those two characters to have planned this.

nevertheless, very enjoyable .. with some memorable scenes.
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10 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent light hearted film!!, 2 Sep 2004
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i watched this film last night. at first i thought it was going to some weird film about nature and animals. but after about 15-20 mins it turned out to be very funny and the characters are hilarious throughout. i would definately recommended anyone to rent or buy this film, cause i think i could watch this over and over, and not get bored of it.
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