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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckA quiet, nearly plot-free drama enlivened by beautifully nuanced performances by its four-person leading ensemble, In Our Nature depicts familiar dysfunctional family dynamics with a welcome lack of melodrama.
- 75The PlaylistTodd GilchristThe PlaylistTodd GilchristAs prophetic as it is provocative, exploring dysfunction, in a recognizable but no less satisfying way.
- 60VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeWriter-director Brian Savelson drags four characters all the way out to the woods to orchestrate the sort of politely confrontational chamber piece best suited to an Off Off Broadway stage in In Our Nature, an eloquent but overly rehearsed drama.
- 60The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenIs the movie psychologically accurate? Yes. But that doesn't keep it from being a little dull.
- 58The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayBrian Savelson's small-scaled domestic drama In Our Nature evokes a specific, fairly common experience: when two young lovers expose a still-blossoming relationship to their relatives' stifling attention.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceBy the time Savelson has hit all the obligatory checkpoints (unplanned pregnancy, dying parents, bear home invasion), the reconciliation we all saw coming has been achieved.
- 50New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickNuanced work by the great John Slattery ("Mad Men") as an emotionally distant dad isn't enough to sustain more than sporadic interest in Brian Savelson's underwritten, slow-moving indie, which plays distressingly like a photographed off-Broadway drama.
- 40Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfIn the wake of the spunkier "Your Sister's Sister," writer-director Brian Savelson can't seem to mount a head of steam, and his chamber piece feels underdeveloped. Even Slattery's sourness doesn't redeem the banality of impending heart-to-hearts.
- 40New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierA mopey indie family drama like In Our Nature can't quash "Mad Men" star John Slattery's charm no matter how badly it tries.
- 25Slant MagazineDiego SemereneSlant MagazineDiego SemereneIn Our Nature's visual style seems plastered on or allocated, not developed with any sort of authorial singularity.