Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
positive
4(22%)
mixed
5(28%)
negative
9(50%)
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Being Human is just that, and it's a profound delight. [06 May 1994]
70
Set against lovely verdant scenery but structured as a series of rambling vignettes, the stories in Being Human don't entirely mesh.
70
Some of the precise meanings of this Bill Forsyth comedy eluded me, but the vibes couldn't have been nicer.
70
Bill Forsyth's Being Human, an anthology about the hesitant ascent of man, is a whimsically offbeat, stubbornly upbeat tour of man's progress as seen through the eyes of five guys named Hector. [06 May 1994]
50
Being Human isn't totally devoid of the gentle Forsyth magic. But it doesn't have nearly enough of it. Even Williams can do only so much with an assignment that calls for him to mostly stand around looking bummed out - in quintuplicate. [06 May 1994]
50
A mixed bag concocted with an almost willful aim to be quaint and a little arty, but one with small wonders poking through its soft, somewhat plain fabric. [06 May 1994]
50
The tone is consistent, but consistently uneventful. [06 May 1994]
42
This is a strange and indeed foolish film. [29 Apr 1994]
40
A nifty idea that goes everywhere (and nowhere).
38
For all of its existential posturing, Being Human ends up being a rather shallow motion picture.
