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Canada, Belgium · 2019
Rated R · 1h 51m
Director Kim Nguyen
Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Alexander Skarsgård, Salma Hayek, Michael Mando
Genre Drama, Thriller
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Cousins Vincent and Anton are players in the high-stakes game of high-frequency trading. Their dream is to build a straight fiber-optic cable line between Kansas and New Jersey, making them millions. Anton is the brains, Vincent is the hustler, and together they push each other to the breaking point with their daring adventure.
This hummingbird soars. It has that based-on-a-true-story feel, with all the urgency and verisimilitude of a real-life tale. A sad and visceral indictment of our society under the guise of a thriller, Kim Nguyen’s rousing cinematic elegy will sneak up on you, like its titular moth.
The New York Times by Ben Kenigsberg
As the geological, financial and personal barriers the cousins face grow increasingly absurd, the movie works up a satisfying sweat.
New York Magazine (Vulture) by David Edelstein
Some of the supporting actors register, especially Michael Mando as the unpretentious but quick-witted chief engineer. But the only surprise is Skarsgård. He has played wife-beaters, vampires, rapists, and mute would-be detectives, but who’d have thought he’d make a credible nerd?
Los Angeles Times by Gary Goldstein
Despite esoteric subject matter, writer-director Kim Nguyen (War Witch) has crafted a smartly entertaining and unexpectedly human film with his financial thriller The Hummingbird Project.
RogerEbert.com by Odie Henderson
This one works overtime, shifting gears repeatedly without once providing enough substance for the viewer to engage.
Throughout, the film can’t decide what attitude to strike toward its characters’ evident greed.
Rolling Stone by Peter Travers
Nguyen can stir up all the sturm and drang he wants, but Hummingbird feels as humdrum and impersonal as a blueprint.
Salma Hayek, as their vengeful ex-boss Eva Torres, is fun to watch as she plots to outwit them time and again, but ultimately, there’s no one here to really care about.
The Playlist by Warren Cantrell
A halfway interesting story with a few too many ideas and a lack of tonal cohesion.
The Hummingbird Project is most of a great movie. Amiable performances and a deft pace combine with high-contrast storytelling, and the results are generally engaging. Sometimes funny, sometimes smart, always watchable. But perhaps the film’s dedication to turning a clever tale into something profound was a miscalculation. Perhaps there were simply better ways to spend the time.
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