Only Human

Name: Only Human
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: June 16, 2006
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 70

2006

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Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: June 16, 2006 | R

Summary: This gloriously irreverent family comedy fuses brilliant characterization and unrelenting humor to rework the age-old story of meeting the parents with a hilarious modern twist. (Magnolia Pictures)

Director: Dominic Harari and Teresa Pelegri

Genre(s): Comedy, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 85 min

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Lisa Schwarzbaum

Cheery, expertly constructed Spanish farce. Read full review

Joe Morgenstern

Winningly human, and wonderfully funny.

V.A. Musetto

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

Desson Thomson

Only Human, a Spanish farce, has absolutely no business being as laugh-out-loud funny as it often is. Read full review

Laura Kern

A vigorously paced modern screwball comedy written and directed by the husband-and-wife team Dominic Harari and Teresa De Pelegrí, explores family values, and Leni and Rafi's mismatched cultural backgrounds, with a refreshingly light touch. Read full review

Jim Ridley

A Spanish dinner-theater comedy, this intermittently hilarious contraption by the husband-wife team of Dominic Harari and Teresa de Pelegri heaves Jewish-Palestinian conflict onto a prop-room table already groaning with loaded guns, impromptu sex toys, a wounded duck paddling in a bidet, and a brick of frozen soup that doubles as a sandbag for unlucky pedestrians below. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Attempts to achieve a Pedro Almodovar-level of humor without much success... Degenerating into witless slapstick. Read full review

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JamesR.

Dec 11, 2006

Amusing, sometimes silly, the movie has a sweet heart. One of the best comedies I have seen this year.

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Mase

Jul 23, 2006

Darker spanish version of Meet the Parents. Wittier but without the bellylaughs. Only truely funny in whisps, the slapstick scenes fall shorter than it's american cousin. However there are some great characters here. I could watch actress Norma ALeandro as mama GLoria all day. She Darker spanish version of Meet the Parents. Wittier but without the bellylaughs. Only truely funny in whisps, the slapstick scenes fall shorter than it's american cousin. However there are some great characters here. I could watch actress Norma ALeandro as mama GLoria all day. She could teach STreisand a thing or two.… Expand

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ChadS.

Dec 3, 2006

The Israeli/Palestinian couple in "Only Human" reminds me of Hannity(prom king) and Colmes(band geek). Leni(Marian Aguilera) is much better looking than her fiance, Rafi(Guillermo Toledo), which makes the film seem predisposed towards the Israelis(like how the FOX show is slanted towards The Israeli/Palestinian couple in "Only Human" reminds me of Hannity(prom king) and Colmes(band geek). Leni(Marian Aguilera) is much better looking than her fiance, Rafi(Guillermo Toledo), which makes the film seem predisposed towards the Israelis(like how the FOX show is slanted towards the conservative side). Without meaning to, the filmmakers reveal their bias. An early scene, in which Rafi accidentally "kills" the patriarch, is going to be less funny if you think the filmmakers aren't apolitical. In a discussion about past fiances(presumably all Israelis), Tania(Maria Botto) tells Leni that she thinks Rafi is ugly. And Leni agrees. Aside from the film's political minefield, "Only Human" also suffers from editing incoherence. All of a sudden, the father is up on his feet; and we're not sure if he picked himself off from the street, or escaped from a hospital.… Expand

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