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Human Nature

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A scientific discovery called CRISPR gives people the power to change what it means to be human.

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Human Nature offers an exciting glimpse of cutting-edge science that proves easily accessible without talking down to its audience.

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Peter Debruge Variety "Human Nature" gives audiences a personal stake in the subject before delving into some pretty serious science, all of which has been thoughtfully organized into an easy-to-follow logical flow. Mar 21, 2020 Full Review Robert Abele Los Angeles Times [A]n intriguing, mind-tingling watch as it tells the underreported story of CRISPR, the microorganism molecular system discovered in the 1980s, which revealed to the scientific world that DNA... Mar 19, 2020 Full Review Monica Castillo RogerEbert.com I wish there were more of the human element in Human Nature. Rated: 2.5/4 Mar 13, 2020 Full Review M.N. Miller Ready Steady Cut Human Nature is an elegant, delicate, and beautiful documentary film that couldn’t be more relevant in our new normal. Rated: 4/5 Aug 28, 2022 Full Review Dennis Harvey 48 Hills Human Nature is entertaining as well as highly informative, and you might be shocked to find yourself leaving the theater more hopeful than you came in. Oct 14, 2020 Full Review Carla Hay Culture Mix Human Nature excels if you want to know the details about what goes on in the science labs ... However, the movie falls short if you're the type of person who wants to know how this research is going to apply to the real world. Jul 15, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member An outstanding documentary that peels the subject like it were an onion, a layer at a time, subtly, beautifully, giving you insights after insights about advances in genetics. You can informally call this 'An Idiot's Guide to Cutting Edge Genetic Engineering'. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Takes a complex topic and makes it simple. Lots of possibilities and a ton of risk for humanity in my opinion. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/15/22 Full Review Audience Member Takes A Nice 'Ol Deep-Dive Into Ground Breaking Science. So As Always, The Question Gets Pondered, Do We Ban/Stop These Developments, As The Can Of Great Power/Evolution Upon Science-Technology Always Exists. This Doco Is A Good Conversation Starter, But There Isn't Too Much Else To Go On In Terms Of Narrative, Other Than Yep, That Genie Is Out Of The Bottle. Now We Will Watch Man Play God.. I'm Sure That'll Go Well. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review dave d Human Nature is a documentary film which is an in-depth description of the gene editing process of CRISPR, and its possible implications. If you're a science nerd or love docs, this is for you. If you're a brainiac, here's a film up your alley. If Dukes of Hazard is intellectual TV, then you probably wanna pass on this. And oh yea, we're presented with some pretty horrific possibilities and some that are the opposite. It should in the very least make you think. Final Score: 7.8/10 Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member The subject matter is fascinating, some of the experts interviewed were clearly outstanding in their field, but sadly the producers of this documentary decided it was far more important to focus on cinematic photography and stylistic, slow-paced ambience and music. The pace of this film is maddeningly slow, and it assumes that the average person does not have sufficient intelligence to keep up with an appropriate pace of information. If someone were to re-edit this film and simply take out all of the b-roll of macro shots and dead air space, this would be a gripping documentary. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Great film to learn about how genes can be edited for the betterment of human health. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A scientific discovery called CRISPR gives people the power to change what it means to be human.
Director
Adam Bolt
Producer
Adam Bolt, Meredith DeSalazar, Sarah Goodwin
Screenwriter
Adam Bolt
Distributor
Greenwich Entertainment
Production Co
The Wonder Collaborative, Sandbox Films, News and Guts Films
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 13, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 24, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA)
$5.3K
Runtime
1h 47m
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