Human Capital

Name: Human Capital
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: March 20, 2020
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 51
Cast: Aasif Mandvi, Alex Wolff, Betty Gabriel, Christiane Seidel, Fredric Lehne

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Vertical Entertainment | Release Date (Streaming): March 20, 2020 | NR

Starring: Aasif Mandvi, Alex Wolff, Betty Gabriel, Christiane Seidel, Fredric Lehne, Liev Schreiber, Marisa Tomei, Maya Hawke, Paul Sparks, Peter Sarsgaard

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An English-language remake of the 2014 film of the same name.

Summary: As perspectives shift between parents and children, an impulsive business deal brings together two families from across the social divide, with tragic consequences. A real estate agent puts his livelihood at stake with a desperate gamble, a wealthy housewife is confronted with the profound void in her life, and a teenage girl falls deeplyAs perspectives shift between parents and children, an impulsive business deal brings together two families from across the social divide, with tragic consequences. A real estate agent puts his livelihood at stake with a desperate gamble, a wealthy housewife is confronted with the profound void in her life, and a teenage girl falls deeply in love for the first time.… Expand

Director: Marc Meyers

Genre(s): Drama, Crime

Rating: NR

Runtime: 95 min

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Alan Ng

Sep 14, 2019

Human Capital is a fantastic study of people being pushed to their limits, not just financial, but emotional and social. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Mar 10, 2020

There are missteps, threads that seems to clash with everything that’s woven around them. But Moverman and director Marc Meyers (“My Friend Dahmer”) keep that loom weaving, their story moving forward and their movie about the sometimes discounted value of Human Capital perfectly engrossing, from start to finish. Read full review

Screen Rant Hannah Hoolihan

Mar 26, 2020

Meyers' disjointed approach to Human Capital expertly weaves its story into a gripping mystery that's further elevated by exceptional performances. Read full review

Sep 14, 2019

A solid, workmanlike melodrama with an attractive ensemble cast. What it lacks is the flair and substance that marked Paolo Virzi’s 2013 version of the same material.

RogerEbert.com Matt Zoller Seitz

Mar 20, 2020

Human Capital is so exquisitely cast, down to the smallest role, that it puts viewers in the unusual position of wishing a film were a TV series or a much longer movie, the better to take advantage of its best assets. Read full review

Noel Murray

Mar 19, 2020

A magnificent cast only partially compensates for the fizzling narrative. Read full review

Wesley Morris

Mar 19, 2020

The Italian movie, which Paolo Virzì directed, had a marrow-deep instinct for class. There were higher costs. The people in it were stranger, with sharper angles; they were alive. This new movie, which Oren Moverman wrote, Marc Meyers directed and has parts for Liev Schreiber and Marisa Tomei, is a character study that hasn’t done its homework. Read full review

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RedEyeCritic

Jul 7, 2020

Human Capital is a solemn drama with great performances and a steady cadence. The narrative mechanic emphasizes the plot's murder mystery, which is engaging; unfortunately, it deemphasizes the moral dilemma of the story.

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KeithDow

Mar 23, 2020

Marc Meyers’ ‘Human Capital’ is a resourceful melodrama that adequately relies on one of the better ensemble casts assembled so far this year, though it largely lacks the compelling nature and overall substance that was seen in Paolo Virzi’s 2013 version of the film based on the same sourceMarc Meyers’ ‘Human Capital’ is a resourceful melodrama that adequately relies on one of the better ensemble casts assembled so far this year, though it largely lacks the compelling nature and overall substance that was seen in Paolo Virzi’s 2013 version of the film based on the same source material.

Liev Schreiber plays Drew, a Brooklyn real estate agent who crosses paths with Quint Manning (Peter Sarsgaard), a hedge fund manager who offers a financial investment that one should suspect as being too good to be true. As Drew hustles for enough money to buy into the scheme and the resulting payoff doesn’t go as planned, the rest of the picture’s high caliber cast is drawn into the mix, including compelling turns by Betty Gabriel, Marisa Tomei, and Paul Sparks.

Each actor is so perfectly cast and each character is so precisely defined that one only wishes that the plot itself were more compelling, with higher stakes and more grounded interactions. Given that this film is adapted from the novel by author Stephen Amidon yet heavily influenced by the Italian version of the movie of the same name, the everywhere-and-nowhere tone seemingly stems from hewing to two different masters but inadequately paying tribute to either.

Such is the dichotomy of ‘Human Capital’: a pleasure to watch such skilled actors make the most of the roles they are given while being frustrated at the nagging lack of any real payoff.… Expand

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