Being Human
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: May 6, 1994 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
33
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
5
Negative:
9
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38
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
For all of its existential posturing, Being Human ends up being a rather shallow motion picture. Read full review
38
TV Guide MagazineEthan Alter
Bill Forsyth's films are always idiosyncratic, but Being Human is so steeped in the director's interior dialogue with himself as to be incomprehensible to anyone who doesn't happen to be Bill Forsyth Read full review
25
Chicago TribuneGene Siskel
A sincere but clumsy attempt to capture the pain of a man trying to cope with loss and divorce through the ages. [06 May 1994]
25
Portland OregonianKristi Turnquist
For all his invention, Forsyth's reach ultimately exceeds his grasp. "Local Hero," without trying so self-consciously hard, conveyed more of the ephemeral beauty of life than Being Human does.
20
EmpireStaff (Not Credited)
There are atmospheric shots of billowing thunder clouds, priests on cliff tops, bloody stigmata and moody eclipses, but it all amounts to nothing. Read full review
20
Washington PostJoe Brown
Forsyth's script feels uncomfortably improvised, so almost all of the performances are hesitant and unconvincing. [06 May 1994]
0
VarietyTodd McCarthy
Being Human never comes alive. This stillborn series of little fables is so flat and ill-conceived that it could convince the uninitiated that neither Robin Williams nor the highly idiosyncratic Scottish writer-director Bill Forsyth had any talent. Read full review
0
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Being Human doesn't seem to be about anything: Its five astonishingly limp parables might have been spun by a depressed Aesop who forgot to take his Prozac. Read full review
0
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
Misconceived, misguided and a completely miserable viewing experience, this is one to avoid at all costs and for all time. [06 May 1994]
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