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21 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerSeattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerA beautiful and compassionate work, at once stark, sensory and spiritually grasping, that challenges us to forgive even the most monstrous sins.
- 90Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasA film of stunning impact.
- 90Film.comHenry Cabot BeckFilm.comHenry Cabot BeckAudiences willing to wade knee deep in the muck and mire of the human abyss are advised to seek out Humanité at the local arthouse.
- 90The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenYou probably won't feel comfortable when Humanité is over, but as you leave the theater you will feel more alive than when you entered.
- 88San Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisSan Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisStaggering, gorgeously ambiguous.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumIt ought to be seen, because it's a work of moral and spiritual mystery.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannSan Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannHumanite isn't like any other film: It's uncompromising, eerily affecting and wildly unresolved.
- 63Philadelphia InquirerDesmond RyanPhiladelphia InquirerDesmond RyanWhile Dumont's movie has its striking scenes, it is doomed to a sense of lethargy and inertia by the kind of people it ponders and the context in which they are placed.
- 50New York Daily NewsNew York Daily NewsUnder that small but growing category of movies that break the mold but that no one but a masochist could sit through is Humanité.
- 40TimeRichard CorlissTimeRichard CorlissDon't ask us why this minimalist drama won prizes last year at Cannes or why it is getting raves in its U.S. release.