Writer-directors Dominic Harari and Teresa Pelegri have penned an amusing script and, as directors, inject a delicate human texture into the story's intermixing of capricious zaniness, frank sensuality and Mideast politics.

| Feb 15, 2007

There's a political and social clash at its core, but the laughter comes from a deeper, human place (see title).

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 4, 2006

A familiar situation of a beloved daughter bringing her intended home to meet the folks is pushed to sublimely silly extremes.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 28, 2006

A Spanish comedy that isn't quite as frenzied or farcical as its husband-and-wife writer-director team clearly intended it to be.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 21, 2006

It lets frantic get so far ahead of funny, the latter gets lost in the dust.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jul 7, 2006

Mines the comic possibilities of the classic setup of introducing the fiancé to the family, with results that are playful, charming and surprisingly thoughtful.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 7, 2006

Teresa De Pelegri and Dominic Harari, making their feature debut, are as interested in the realistic drama of the situation as they are the clash of cartoonish characters, and they lurch uncertainly from one to the other.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 7, 2006

Winningly human, and wonderfully funny.

| Jul 6, 2006

Although it has its undeniably funny moments, the film sacrifices its credibility in its strained attempts to achieve a level of screwball comedy that requires a level of wit and pacing, not to mention some credibility, that is not reached here.

Full Review | Jul 6, 2006

Shines a glaring light on sibling rivalry, cultural rifts and filial devotion without ever descending into pap or sentimentality.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 29, 2006

The results are dubious, but ultimately, the litmus test for whether individual viewers will enjoy Only Human depends more than on their tolerance for shrill Meet The Parents-style discomfort comedy than on their views of Middle Eastern poli

Full Review | Original Score: C+ | Jun 29, 2006

What could have been an 85-minute tutorial in Judeo-Arab relations is an exuberantly acted farce.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 23, 2006

[A] cheery, expertly constructed Spanish farce.

| Original Score: B+ | Jun 21, 2006

Sounds like basic sitcom stuff. But the story is carried out with a composure best exemplified by the performance of Toledo, an agile and graceful comic actor who sometimes suggests an owlish Cary Grant.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 16, 2006

Moves along briskly, with several laugh-out-loud moments.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 16, 2006

While disaster ensues, the directors have the sense to avoid the obvious, finding trouble in the least predictable of places.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 16, 2006

Only Human, a vigorously paced modern screwball comedy ... explores family values, and Leni and Rafi's mismatched cultural backgrounds, with a refreshingly light touch.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 15, 2006

It's been a long time since a movie got this much comic mileage out of the devalued reaction shot.

Full Review | Jun 13, 2006

The story's funny familial crisis takes on the dimensions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 19, 2006

For all its boisterous chutzpah, there is little charm in this.

| Feb 9, 2006