In Our Nature
Cinedigm Entertainment Group | Release Date: December 7, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
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Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
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3
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7
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckNov 12, 2012
A quiet, nearly plot-free drama enlivened by beautifully nuanced performances by its four-person leading ensemble, In Our Nature depicts familiar dysfunctional family dynamics with a welcome lack of melodrama. Read full review
75
The PlaylistTodd GilchristDec 11, 2012
As prophetic as it is provocative, exploring dysfunction, in a recognizable but no less satisfying way. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleLeah ChurnerDec 12, 2012
A study in fine gradations of resentment in the great outdoors, In Our Nature is a little too subtle for this genre. Country-house-fiasco films are only satisfying when the shit truly hits the fan. Read full review
60
The New York TimesStephen HoldenDec 6, 2012
Is the movie psychologically accurate? Yes. But that doesn't keep it from being a little dull. Read full review
60
VarietyPeter DebrugeNov 12, 2012
Writer-director Brian Savelson drags four characters all the way out to the woods to orchestrate the sort of politely confrontational chamber piece best suited to an Off Off Broadway stage in In Our Nature, an eloquent but overly rehearsed drama. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayDec 5, 2012
Brian Savelson's small-scaled domestic drama In Our Nature evokes a specific, fairly common experience: when two young lovers expose a still-blossoming relationship to their relatives' stifling attention. Read full review
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New York PostLou LumenickDec 7, 2012
Nuanced work by the great John Slattery ("Mad Men") as an emotionally distant dad isn't enough to sustain more than sporadic interest in Brian Savelson's underwritten, slow-moving indie, which plays distressingly like a photographed off-Broadway drama. Read full review
50
Village VoicePete Vonder HaarDec 4, 2012
By the time Savelson has hit all the obligatory checkpoints (unplanned pregnancy, dying parents, bear home invasion), the reconciliation we all saw coming has been achieved. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierDec 6, 2012
A mopey indie family drama like In Our Nature can't quash "Mad Men" star John Slattery's charm no matter how badly it tries. Read full review
40
Time OutJoshua RothkopfDec 4, 2012
In the wake of the spunkier "Your Sister's Sister," writer-director Brian Savelson can't seem to mount a head of steam, and his chamber piece feels underdeveloped. Even Slattery's sourness doesn't redeem the banality of impending heart-to-hearts. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineDiego SemereneDec 7, 2012
In Our Nature's visual style seems plastered on or allocated, not developed with any sort of authorial singularity. Read full review
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