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Director
Saverio Costanzo
Cast
Adam Driver,
Alba Rohrwacher,
Roberta Maxwell,
Brandon Reiss,
Joshua Reiss,
Jake Weber
Genre
Drama
New York City newlyweds Jude and Mina have a seemingly perfect relationship. But things take an unsettling turn with the birth of their son. Convinced that the baby must be kept free of all contaminants, Mina develops a fanatical obsession with veganism that may kill the child unless Jude can stop her.
The Playlist by Nikola Grozdanovic
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.
New York Daily News
As the couple’s life becomes more and more insular, Costanzio subtly builds the drama into suspense that’s utterly natural and smart.
Los Angeles Times by Gary Goldstein
Dubious ending aside, Constanzo's approach to structuring, shooting and pacing the tricky material proves masterful and memorable.
New York Magazine (Vulture) by Bilge Ebiri
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.
New York Daily News by Katharine Pushkar
As the couple’s life becomes more and more insular, Costanzio subtly builds the drama into suspense that’s utterly natural and smart.
Portland Oregonian by Marc Mohan
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.
New York Post by Kyle Smith
Beginning as an adorable romcom, Hungry Hearts morphs into a disturbing but not particularly illuminating story of mental illness.
Village Voice by Serena Donadoni
Hungry Hearts owes much to early Polanski (especially Repulsion and Rosemary's Baby), but Costanzo prizes ambiguity over tension.
The Hollywood Reporter by Deborah Young
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.
The Dissolve by Mike D'Angelo
It’s a slow-motion horror movie founded on utter nonsense.
Variety by Jay Weissberg
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.
The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw
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.
CineVue by John Bleasdale
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.
Slant Magazine by Chuck Bowen
Throughout, Saverio Costanzo hypocritically drapes his scenes in a cloak of faux-empathy.
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