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      Only Human

      R 2004 1 hr. 29 min. Romance Comedy List
      73% 52 Reviews Tomatometer 77% 1,000+ Ratings Audience Score Leni Dali (Marián Aguilera), a successful television reporter, decides the time is finally right to bring the new love in her life, Rafi (Guillermo Toledo), to meet her rather eccentric Jewish family. As could be expected, Rafi harbors some anxiety about the meeting, and his concern is not unfounded. Each family member turns out to have a different personality flaw that makes feeling at home hard to do -- especially when they discover Rafi is Palestinian. Read More Read Less
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      A cheerfully energetic screwball comedy, Only Human milks laughs from its culture-clash premise.

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      Audience Member The daughter of a crazy Spanish Jewish family comes home with her new fiancé, who claims to be a proud Palestinan. A mixture of slapstick comedy and family drama with heavy political and religious undertones; an ambitious project that ends up feeling inconsistent due to the poor script and the unappealing characters that leave the audience feeling cold. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review jesse o Definitely an entertaining comedy with solid writing and a great cast. But it's another movie that ends up peaking way too early. It's also another movie that thinks it's more clever than it actually is, and at the same time the characters end up reading like something out of a more adult sitcom. There's no real character progression, with the exception of the mother and the father's relationship and Rafi and Leni's eventual 'discussion' about Jewish and Palestinian issues at the end. And this scene is another thing I have an issue with. It's left until the very end of the movie, so the movie is pretty much a build-up to that moment but when they finally have it, the conversation ends up feeling so forced and contrived that it may have been better if they just left it off. It was a good idea, but it just didn't work in execution. And, again, I liked this movie. It was fun to watch, it had funny moments, though, again, I think the movie tries too hard to be funny. It has a great cast and good enough writing that the movie is still good in spite of all the problems I had with it. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member pretty funny the culture clash provides the fuel 4 this one. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Amusing. I LOLed a few times. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member A good portion of this movie was just wacky fun! It is chock full of unusual situations, and funny characters. But then it tends to go overboard on the "crazy and funny" family situations...too the point of stupid, not funny. HOWEVER, the movie as a whole is definitely worth checking out. There are some hysterical situations that I will remember for some time. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member Some scenes were funny. The story was weak, but ok. It reminds me those comedies with Ben Stiller. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Desson Thomson Washington Post Writer-directors Dominic Harari and Teresa Pelegri have penned an amusing script and, as directors, inject a delicate human texture into the story's intermixing of capricious zaniness, frank sensuality and Mideast politics. Feb 15, 2007 Full Review Ted Fry Seattle Times There's a political and social clash at its core, but the laughter comes from a deeper, human place (see title). Rated: 3/4 Aug 4, 2006 Full Review Ruthe Stein San Francisco Chronicle A familiar situation of a beloved daughter bringing her intended home to meet the folks is pushed to sublimely silly extremes. Rated: 3/4 Jul 28, 2006 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com The film doesn't take sides, but instead looks at each character in the story and playfully reveals their strengths and weaknesses. Rated: 3.0/4.0 Sep 18, 2020 Full Review Michelle Thomas Future Movies UK Rated: 8/10 Sep 9, 2009 Full Review Matthew Turner ViewLondon Rated: 3/5 Sep 9, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Leni Dali (Marián Aguilera), a successful television reporter, decides the time is finally right to bring the new love in her life, Rafi (Guillermo Toledo), to meet her rather eccentric Jewish family. As could be expected, Rafi harbors some anxiety about the meeting, and his concern is not unfounded. Each family member turns out to have a different personality flaw that makes feeling at home hard to do -- especially when they discover Rafi is Palestinian.
      Director
      Dominic Harari, Teresa Pelegri
      Screenwriter
      Dominic Harari, Teresa Pelegri
      Production Co
      Tornasol Films S.A., Greenpoint Films
      Rating
      R (Some Sexual Content|Nudity|Language)
      Genre
      Romance, Comedy
      Original Language
      Arabic
      Rerelease Date (Theaters)
      Jun 16, 2006
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jan 25, 2017
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $283.0K
      Sound Mix
      Dolby Digital