Synopsis
The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.
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Cast
- Adam DriverJude
- Alba RohrwacherMina
- Roberta MaxwellAnna
- Brandon ReissBaby
- Joshua ReissBaby
- Jake WeberDr. Bill
- Victoria CartagenaMonica
- Al RoffeMarguerito
- Geisha OteroRosa
- Jason SelvigJ
Recommendations
- 83
The Playlist
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. - 80
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. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
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. - 50
Village Voice
Hungry Hearts owes much to early Polanski (especially Repulsion and Rosemary's Baby), but Costanzo prizes ambiguity over tension. - 50
New York Post
Beginning as an adorable romcom, Hungry Hearts morphs into a disturbing but not particularly illuminating story of mental illness. - 40
CineVue
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. - 40
The Guardian
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. - 40
Variety
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.
