Common Sense Media Review
By Ashley Moulton
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Interactive adventure can be endlessly fun or frustrating.
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We Lost Our Human
What's the Story?
In WE LOST OUR HUMANS, the owner of cat Ham (Ayo Edebiri) and dog Pud (Ben Schwartz) has gone mysteriously missing. Ham and Pud leave home to find her, and they end up on an adventure beyond their wildest imaginations. They learn that when Ham licked an electrical socket, the ensuing power surge caused a glitch in the whole universe and deleted all the humans. Ham and Pud meet a robot named I.T. who guides them through the alternate dimensions they jump between. In this interactive movie, the home viewer uses their remote to decide what actions Ham and Pud take at various points. Depending on which storyline they follow, Ham and Pud come across some zany characters like the Bacon Witch, Planky Malanky, and a dinosaur that will feel eerily familiar to British Baking Show fans. Can the home viewer make the right series of decisions that will save the universe and lead Ham and Pud back to their human?
Is It Any Good?
Kids will love the ability to choose what characters do in this interactive movie, but they may get lost in all the resulting plot twists. We Lost Our Humans has definite tween appeal with ridiculous characters and potty humor, while still having lots of moments full of heart.
The interactivity is mixed -- at times it feels additive to the viewing experience but at times it detracts. On the plus side, the home viewer can choose whether the characters make good, altruistic decisions or bad, selfish decisions. The interactivity is useful for tween viewers who can experiment with making hard decisions in the safe environment of media. On the negative side, because they story branches so many times and it's relatively hard to navigate to the different decision points, it may be frustrating to kids that they can't immediately see the results of their different choices. Depending on the loops kids end up in, they may be tempted to keep playing/watching forever, or alternately they may get bored and give up before they reach a satisfying ending. Netflix claims that there are 87 billion different variations of the We Lost Our Humans story. For some kids that may be exciting, but others may wish that the storytelling was more straightforward.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the choices you get to make while watching. What did you think were the hardest choices to make? Why?
Why do you think the producers made the movie this way? How was your experience watching an interactive movie different from regular TV or movies?
TV Details
- Premiere date : April 21, 2023
- Cast : Ben Schwartz , Ayo Edebiri , Lauren Tom
- Network : Netflix
- Genre : Kids' Animation
- Topics : Adventures , Animals , Robots
- TV rating :
- Last updated : September 18, 2025
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