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Hukkle (2002)

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Reviews Counted:31

Fresh:31

Rotten:0

Average Rating:7.7/10

Consensus: Understated, unconventional and observant.

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 75 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: The bucolic, even-paced, daily life of a small Hungarian village is the setting for the experimental film HUKKLE (onomatopoeic for "hiccup" in Hungarian). A series of dialogue-less vignettes,... The bucolic, even-paced, daily life of a small Hungarian village is the setting for the experimental film HUKKLE (onomatopoeic for "hiccup" in Hungarian). A series of dialogue-less vignettes, featuring the various townspeople and their animals, explore the quotidian existence in the Hungarian countryside. Unifying these sequences is a subtle plot thread about a murder and its investigation, which seems merely incidental when weighed against the numerous, quiet incidents on display. The ultimate result is a lyrical, sometimes puzzling film that is open to as many interpretations as it has episodes. HUKKLE was praised at numerous European film festivals, winning awards as it collected accolades. [More]

Starring: Ferenc Bandi, Józsefné Rácz, Ferencné Virág, József Forkas

Starring: Ferenc Bandi, Józsefné Rácz, Ferencné Virág, József Forkas, Ferenc Nagy

Director: György Pálfi

Director: György Pálfi

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Jul 5, 2005

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Some of the things encountered in Hukkle are brilliant cinematic conceits, which the director properly builds up to their punchline.

Full Review Source: european-films.net | comment Comment
12/06/06
Boyd van Hoeij
Boyd van Hoeij
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Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
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Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
04/01/06
Empire Magazine

Sparkling and thought-provoking, Hukkle is the cinematic equivalent of a puzzle box wrapped up in ethnic enigmas and rural riddles.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
07/27/05
Bill Gibron
Bill Gibron
PopMatters
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07/16/05
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

It's a novelty, and an educational one at that. It reminds you of just how dumb your average movie is these days.

Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
04/29/05
Roger Moore
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel

The movie is an enriching, lovingly filmed exercise in disorientation, worth seeing more than once if you've got the time, money and patience.

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04/28/05
Steve Schneider
Steve Schneider
Orlando Weekly
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11/23/04
BBC

Unclassifiable and wildly original.

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08/13/04
Liam Lacey
Liam Lacey
Globe and Mail
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So precisely and hypnotically assembled it could have been directed by a particularly whimsical metronome.

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06/18/04
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
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06/12/04
Boston Phoenix

Gyorgy Palfi shows an incredibly deft hand in creating a fictional story that...you could enjoy as a slice of life in rural Hungary

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06/03/04
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews

There are so many odd references tucked into "Hukkle" it becomes a complex puzzle masquerading as a simple tale which may require multiple viewings.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
06/01/04
Laura Clifford
Laura Clifford
Reeling Reviews

What film is all about, but all too often isn't -- it challenges its audience to look at the world in a different way.

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03/26/04
G. Allen Johnson
G. Allen Johnson
San Francisco Chronicle
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Packs more bizarre ideas into its 75 minutes than most films do with two hours.

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03/26/04
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Daring and unusual.

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01/22/04
Jon Popick
Jon Popick
Planet Sick-Boy

At once impressive and indulgent, hypnotic and patience-inducing with its languorous rhythms.

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12/18/03
Frank Scheck
Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter
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Kind of like Koyaanisqatsi without an agenda.

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12/10/03
Joshua Tanzer
Joshua Tanzer
Offoffoff

The picture is so completely detailed and precise in its depiction of pastoral beauty that, if you blink, you might well minimize--or miss--the murder that gradually darkens the story.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
12/06/03
Harry Haun
Harry Haun
Film Journal International

Hypnotic, elliptical, often rapturously beautiful, the film is a testament to the much-maligned concept of art cinema, one that depends for its thrills on film's essentials as a visual and sonic medium.

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12/05/03
Ann Hornaday
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