Hungry Hearts
IFC Films | Release Date: June 5, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
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5
Mixed:
8
Negative:
2
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83
The PlaylistNikola GrozdanovicSep 13, 2014
With a unique blend of style and content, an escalating discomfort in atmosphere, a score that sounds like it was spawned from the nether regions of hell, and three ferocious performances, Hungry Hearts is this year’s most unique horror film. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinJun 11, 2015
Dubious ending aside, Constanzo's approach to structuring, shooting and pacing the tricky material proves masterful and memorable. Read full review
80
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriJun 5, 2015
Based on a novel by Marco Franzoso, Hungry Hearts is a riveting, relentless film. It may also be an infuriating one, and not always in a good way. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsKatharine PushkarJun 4, 2015
As the couple’s life becomes more and more insular, Costanzio subtly builds the drama into suspense that’s utterly natural and smart. Read full review
75
Portland OregonianMarc MohanJun 12, 2015
Despite the solid performances (Roberta Maxwell as Jude's mother is the exception), the one-note intensity wears you down, until a shocking coda wraps things up. It turns out that being trapped in a bathroom together is nothing compared to being trapped in a marriage, or a nearly two-hour movie, with a crazy person. Read full review
50
New York PostKyle SmithJun 3, 2015
Beginning as an adorable romcom, Hungry Hearts morphs into a disturbing but not particularly illuminating story of mental illness. Read full review
50
Village VoiceSerena DonadoniJun 2, 2015
Hungry Hearts owes much to early Polanski (especially Repulsion and Rosemary's Baby), but Costanzo prizes ambiguity over tension. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungSep 13, 2014
The idea is original enough to pique curiosity, and the small cast, led by Alba Rohrwacher and the up-and-coming Adam Driver of HBO’s Girls fame, digs gamely into the material, but something is missing. Read full review
40
The New York TimesNicolas RapoldJun 4, 2015
The film’s initial naturalism is warped by overheated film technique and a dead-ending screenplay. Read full review
40
The DissolveMike D'AngeloJun 2, 2015
It’s a slow-motion horror movie founded on utter nonsense. Read full review
40
CineVueJohn BleasdaleSep 13, 2014
Although there is certainly tension at moments and Driver once more proves himself an actor of great promise, Hungry Hearts falls between two baby chairs - neither satisfying as a thriller nor convincing as a drama. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawSep 13, 2014
It is a tense, claustrophobic nightmare, played with sincerity and force, particularly by Adam Driver. But a strident orchestral score keeps intruding, dark chords telling us how scared we ought to be, and it is as if Costanzo is not content with an ultra-real relationship drama, and wants his film to be some kind of heavy-handed horror-thriller too. Read full review
40
VarietyJay WeissbergSep 13, 2014
It’s as if the director can’t decide what he wants: to chronicle the disintegration of a family, or to take a magnifying glass to a woman whose mania overwhelms all rational thought. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineChuck BowenJun 1, 2015
Throughout, Saverio Costanzo hypocritically drapes his scenes in a cloak of faux-empathy. Read full review
25
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyJun 5, 2015
It is earnest and tortured and pointless, in a very self-serious suffer-for/with-art fashion. Read full review
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