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  ★★★½ review by jennifer on Letterboxd

  me when adam driver nut in her: oh no baby what is you doing

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  ★★★★ review by metalmeatwad on Letterboxd

  Pretty much a Woody Allen film laced with PCP w/ a side of Rosemary's Baby.

  You will leave the theater disturbed.

  Hungry Hearts has to be one of the absolute weirdest movies I've seen in my life. I think I'd have to classify this as a horror film? The pitch perfect eight minute-long uninterrupted take of an opening scene alone is sort of romantic indie comedy perfection. While the rest of this very well-shot and well-directed movie has a gigantic tonal change. As their relationship and marriage blossoms post-opening scene, it sorts of transitions to this slow building and terrifying psychotic baby starving thriller. Adam Driver really gets to work the acting chops in Hungry Hearts, and delivers a very nuanced and emotive performance. Fully deserving of his Best Actor prize at the Venice Film Festival.

  You will gasp, cover your eyes, internally scream, and want to shake the living hell out of Rohrwacher's character (who is also fabulous and deserving of her Best Actress prize). The massive amount of walkouts this movie had (like 40%???) didn't surprise me at all.

  Despite not being 100% on board with it all (it drags at times and takes some creative risks that didn't completely work), the film itself has stayed with me for months now. It has my highest recommendation. [B+]

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  ★★★★½ review by Waldo on Letterboxd

  Driver and Rohrwacher both won acting awards on the Venice film festival. Deservedly so. Another great performance comes from veteran actress Roberta Maxwell. Great opening scene. Maybe it foreshadows the whole relationship. A young couple has a son, they're both vegetarians, only problem is the mother is taking things about natural medicine and the natural way to raise a child a little too far. Packs an emotional gut punch towards the end. Loved it.

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  ★★★★ review by Vivian on Letterboxd

  me in trader joes

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  ★★★½ review by Robin on Letterboxd

  On one hand I felt like it went to far and on the other not far enough? Wasn't quite sure if it wanted to be a serious portrayal of a certain type of bad parent that absolutely exists in the real world or push it to the extreme and be borderline horror. It was sort of both.

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