An adaptation of a play by the same name, Stephen Karam’s directorial debut is a family drama that warps into an anxiety attack of sorts and lingers on in our minds.

| Jun 11, 2024

The claustrophobia in The Humans transcends its confined narrative setting...

| Oct 4, 2023

The Humans is A24‘s scariest film of the year. One that does reveal the truth that no matter how we may appear on the service, true horror and hell is other people…

| Nov 12, 2022

How does making the work resemble a horror movie add anything to our understanding of the Blakes and their relationships, to each other and to the world? It might be one of those overly clever conceptions that should have been set aside.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 7, 2022

The only thing The Humans evokes is viewer indigestion and indignation.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Oct 21, 2022

Far creepier and more haunting than your usual movie about America's turkey-eating time of year — a hefty helping of existential horror will do that.

| Oct 16, 2022

Keeping things downbeat, first-time director Stephen Karam, adapting his namesake Tony-winning play, elicits a batch of strongly understated performances and creates a pungent, naturalistic ambience.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 30, 2022

Director Stephen Karam’s punchy adaptation of his stage play pulses with compassion and regret.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Sep 29, 2022

A simple film that takes simpleness to the next level, provoking the sensation one should find in a perverse and macabre horror film... [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 8/10 | Sep 7, 2022

The Humans is a dynamite directorial debut for Stephen Karam and a showcase for two of the finest performances of the year from Richard Jenkins and Jayne Houdyshell.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Sep 1, 2022

Love and family can be a messy combination and the movie shows that with an affecting clarity.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 16, 2022

Like any good dialogue-driven movie with theatre roots, it success lies in the cast's commitment and versatility and all six of them are up to the challenge. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 15, 2022

In bringing together a flawed family, the film acknowledges that to know someone is to also know exactly how to hurt them.

| Aug 15, 2022

Far braver and more effective than most films even try to be, and for something that looks on its face to be a conventional family drama, that is cause for celebration.

| Original Score: 8/10 | May 10, 2022

Tempting to say it's elevated horror so lofty you'll need a telescope--which is almost literally true of The Humans itself.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 3, 2022

Its the subtext here thats so complex, especially as each individual person navigates the unspoken tension and validates their place in the familial social structure.

| Mar 2, 2022

Ostensibly an emotionally engaging family-gathering-for-the-holidays drama, complete with the traditional secrets and lies, but the script, setting and sound design make it more chilling than any recent horror movie.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Feb 25, 2022

In an era where horror films tend to leave folks unsatisfied, The Humans follows in The Fathers footsteps in creating an atmospheric feel that will leave viewers unsettled and haunted.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 18, 2022

While there are various undeniable good ideas and Jayne Houdyshell truly is stunning, it is a film that lacks the craft or thought to do these ideas or efforts justice.

| Original Score: B | Feb 15, 2022

What starts as a family drama fades into a psychological thriller with the setting of the sun. Frivolous conversation turns to the familys darkest secrets being revealed. The entire cast is exceptional.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 10, 2022