Richard Jenkins, Jayne Houdyshell, Amy Schumer, Beanie Feldstein, Steven Yeun, June Squibb. Based on the play by Stephen Karam. Originally released as a motion picture in 2021. Wide screen. Special features: audio commentary with writer-director Stephen Karam; Our ruffled spirits: making The humans; outtakes. English; English dialogue; Spanish subtitles. MPAA rating: R, for some sexual materal and language.
Summary:
Erik Blake has gathered three generations of his Pennsylvania family to celebrate Thanksgiving at his daughter's apartment in lower Manhattan. As darkness falls outside and eerie things start to go bump in the night, the group's deepest fears are laid bare. The piercingly funny and haunting debut film from writer-director Stephen Karam, adapted from his Tony Award'-winning play, THE HUMANS explores the hidden dread of a family and the love that binds them together.
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