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'Only Human' suffers from dumb stunts, buffoonish characters
by Hap Erstein

I suppose it is somehow comforting to know that it is not just the United States that makes intelligence-insulting comedies about screwed-up families. But if you can simply accept that fact, then you will not have to waste an hour and a half watching the straining, but terribly unfunny Spanish film, Only Human. Read the full review

TO SUM UP
Leni has come home to introduce her fiancee Rafi to her idiosyncratic Jewish family for the first time. Everything goes smoothly until the lovers belatedly reveal that Rafi is Palestinian. Then Rafi drops the soup he was meant to defrost out of the 7th floor window, hitting a pedestrian below, and as if the evening's not going badly enough, it turns out the pedestrian may be Leni's father.

FILM FACTS ...

Magnolia Pictures

'Only Human'

Directors: Teresa de Pelegri, Dominic Harari
Starring: Norma Aleandro, Guillermo Toledo, Maria Botto, Mariana Aguilera, Fernando Ramallo
Run time: 85 minutes
Release date: June 16, 2006
Rating: R for some sexual content, nudity and language.

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