SummaryBuenos Aires. Exe, 25 years old, has just lost his job and is not looking for another one. His neighbors and friends seem as odd to him as they always do. Online, he meets Alf, a boy from Mozambique who is also bored with his job and who is about to follow Archie, another boy who has run away into the jungle. Through the dense vegetation of the f... Read More
Directed By:Eduardo Williams
Written By:Eduardo Williams
The Human Surge
Metascore
Mixed or Average
56
User score
Generally Favorable
6.2
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
56
43% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
29% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
29% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Sep 9, 2016
83
This is a heckuva stimulating cinematic achievement for a relative newcomer. The Human Surge offers a shrewd commentary on the dissonance of technological connectivity and personal communication.
Mar 5, 2017
80
Surreal and wordlessly unsettling, Eduardo Williams’ globe-crossing feature The Human Surge is intimate and pleasurably inscrutable.
Feb 24, 2017
75
Often blatantly ugly or boring, it’s not so much deliberately confrontational in the way so many experimental films are (or pride themselves on being), but rather risk-taking for the sake of something almost impossible to articulate — even if based in something obvious.
Mar 2, 2017
50
Just when you think you’ve got the movie pegged, it pulls a daring switch of perspective. While the thrill of that little coup is short-lived, it suggests that Mr. Williams may come up with something more substantial with his next feature.
Feb 9, 2017
50
If the slender paradox at the heart of the film is that the thing that connects us most is the difficulty of connection, The Human Surge is a victim of its own effectiveness: It’s rigorous, rarefied, and utterly remote.
Mar 3, 2017
25
Though the picture is admirable on a conceptual level, its execution is incoherent, interminable and a colossal strain on the eyes.
Feb 24, 2017
25
The film’s default state is an ambient inertia that gestures vaguely in multiple directions without concerning itself with the hard work of constructing an argument, a convincing milieu, or even a compelling mood.
User score
Generally Favorable
6.2
60% Positive
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20% Mixed
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Mar 25, 2025
0
akin to eating several sodded diapers, the human surge is an overwhelmingly terrible movie. in some unknowable, arthouse zombie driveling word salad, this movie is about something complex. in reality, it's about a couple groups of people wandering around, talking about nonsense. there are many long shots of people doing regular people things while outside. i'm not sure why or how this is groundbreaking, as it is a regular occurrence for us. i'd say skip this one, or rather, chuck it into the nearest portapotty hole you can find.
Production Company:
- Ruda Cine
- Un Puma
- Bando à Parte
- RT Features
- Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP)
Release Date:Mar 3, 2017
Duration:1 h 40 m
Awards
Locarno Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Jeonju International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Janela do Recife International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
