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Play trailer 2:18 Poster for Humane R Released Apr 26, 2024 1h 33m Sci-Fi Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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HUMANE takes place over a single day, mere months after a global ecological collapse has forced world leaders to take extreme measures to reduce the earth's population. In a wealthy enclave, a recently retired newsman has invited his grown children to dinner to announce his intentions to enlist in the nation's new euthanasia program. But when the father's plan goes horribly awry, tensions flare and chaos erupts among his children.
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Humane's twisted psychological thrills are diverting enough in the moment to distract from its occasionally awkward attempts to balance sociopolitical commentary against high-concept horror.

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John Anderson Wall Street Journal Hardcore horror fans will get their dose of mayhem from Humane, though in its modest, tidily organized fashion the film might also get under the skin. Jul 25, 2024 Full Review Sergio Burstein Los Angeles Times Beyond the lack of subtlety of the message and the lack of depth of the characters, Cronenberg manages to make the proceedings entertaining and handles the actions well within this unique environment. [Full review in Spanish] May 7, 2024 Full Review Owen Gleiberman Variety Cronenberg treats the mansion as an enormous stage set, turning “Humane” into a kind of psychodramatic slasher movie. Apr 29, 2024 Full Review Whang Yee Ling The Straits Times (Singapore) This is Caitlin Cronenberg’s feature debut. It shows in the lack of both dramatic depth and visual flair, but the sociopolitical satire on class and privilege is blackly comic. Rated: 3/5 Jun 23, 2025 Full Review Beth Accomando KPBS.org "Humane" is a superbly crafted and precisely ratcheted film that refuses to fit neatly into any box. Dec 19, 2024 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Humane‘s overall impact is adversely affected by a wheel-spinning midsection and final third emphasizing the characters’ less-than-enthralling cat-and-mouse exploits... Rated: 2.5/4 Dec 16, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Jc B As of writing date. ..77% rating? Really? Bad characters. Bad dialogues. Bad plot movement. Bad emotional development. Unsympathetic story development and characters. Unaliving people because of ...shortages. And the studio and/or writer decided to focus on a family with dumb interactions with each other AS pretentious musical scores blast on the background. Bro/sis...wtf. Couldve just given the money spent for this piece of crap to feed the poor. The irony. Who tf created those ratings for this dumbly and lack-of-life-experience-and-emotional-connection written movie. Did I mention that this should be nominated for all the Raspberry categories? Why am I so agitated? Because bad scripts are annoying and time-wasters. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 06/07/25 Full Review Connie F An interesting premise and slightly thought-provoking, but it's only the performances of an exceptional cast that makes this movie worth staying to the ending, which, by the way, seems written by someone with no understanding of human nature. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/27/25 Full Review S R Interesting story with excellent surprises. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/13/25 Full Review Shanna H It had it's quirks but I thought it was quite interesting. Sebastian Chacon did real great as his role of Noah, he was definitely my favorite character. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/05/25 Full Review Audience Member Not sure how this film got so many outstanding reviews. It wasn’t the worst but definitely not the best. The acting was alright and the premise was unique but there was a glaring plot hole I couldn’t get over. The execution was a bit rushed (I usually like a tighter quick film) but some of the dark humour lands home. It’s alright for a watch if you have nothing else to do but it is far from a perfect film. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 04/05/25 Full Review Jeepers C This movie was worth a watch. It had a original horror setting that delt with overpopulation and other world problems. The parents of a prominent family invite their children over for dinner. They procede to tell their children that they they have volunteered to be euthanized and thar the kids would get all the money. Well, mom decides to change her mind. They need a second body, which pits the rest of the family against each other. The horror begins at this point and the viewer has to watch how the rest of the movie plays out. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/25/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis HUMANE takes place over a single day, mere months after a global ecological collapse has forced world leaders to take extreme measures to reduce the earth's population. In a wealthy enclave, a recently retired newsman has invited his grown children to dinner to announce his intentions to enlist in the nation's new euthanasia program. But when the father's plan goes horribly awry, tensions flare and chaos erupts among his children.
Director
Caitlin Cronenberg
Producer
Michael Sparaga
Screenwriter
Michael Sparaga
Distributor
IFC Films
Production Co
Ontario Creates, Victory Man Productions, Téléfilm Canada, XYZ Films, The Harold Greenberg Fund, Prospero Pictures, Elevation Pictures
Rating
R (Strong Violence|Language Throughout)
Genre
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 26, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 26, 2024
Box Office (Gross USA)
$40.7K
Runtime
1h 33m
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