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Unflinching, uncompromising, vivid and vital, Steve McQueen's challenging debut is not for the faint hearted, but it's still a richly rewarding retelling of troubled times.
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Midway through the movie there's an epic 24-minute scene...in the claustrophobic cell block the protesters have already internalized their cause so deeply that the world of words seems distant and inconsequential. Apr 17, 2009 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Midway through the movie there's an epic 24-minute scene...in the claustrophobic cell block the protesters have already internalized their cause so deeply that the world of words seems distant and inconsequential.
J. R. Jones
It's a strength of this carefully composed, almost obsessively controlled picture that it has no interest in the conventional biographical focus on a subject. Apr 17, 2009 | Rating: 3/4
It's a strength of this carefully composed, almost obsessively controlled picture that it has no interest in the conventional biographical focus on a subject.
Michael Phillips
Hunger is daunting and powerful work. Apr 16, 2009 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Hunger is daunting and powerful work.
Steven Rea
Hunger is not about the rights and wrongs of the British in Northern Ireland, but about inhumane prison conditions, the steeled determination of IRA members like Bobby Sands, and a rock and a hard place. Apr 16, 2009 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Hunger is not about the rights and wrongs of the British in Northern Ireland, but about inhumane prison conditions, the steeled determination of IRA members like Bobby Sands, and a rock and a hard place.
Roger Ebert
Hunger -- the disturbing, provocative, brilliant feature debut from British director Steve McQueen -- does for modern film what Caravaggio did to Renaissance painting. Apr 10, 2009 | Rating: 4/4
Hunger -- the disturbing, provocative, brilliant feature debut from British director Steve McQueen -- does for modern film what Caravaggio did to Renaissance painting.
Liam Lacey
Relying on images more than words, it's a plea for humanity in times of insanity. Apr 10, 2009 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Relying on images more than words, it's a plea for humanity in times of insanity.
Peter Howell
Hunger is an unforgettable experience that is the perfect balance of the horrific and the beautiful. Oct 9, 2019 | Rating: 4.5/5 | Full Review…
Hunger is an unforgettable experience that is the perfect balance of the horrific and the beautiful.
David Harris
McQueen allows us to walk away shattered, beaten, and horrified, with our own conclusions. Jul 6, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
McQueen allows us to walk away shattered, beaten, and horrified, with our own conclusions.
Matthew Lucas
It pretends to have an objective point of view, but only grants one group of characters the dignity of individuality. Feb 10, 2019 | Full Review…
It pretends to have an objective point of view, but only grants one group of characters the dignity of individuality.
Sarah Manvel
It's hard to say what's more visceral: Fassbender's embodiment of a whittling body that refuses to give out, or McQueen's extended shots of prison brutality and the mess of cleaning it up. Oct 17, 2018 | Full Review…
It's hard to say what's more visceral: Fassbender's embodiment of a whittling body that refuses to give out, or McQueen's extended shots of prison brutality and the mess of cleaning it up.
Paul Schrodt
Director Steve McQueen finds beauty in the squalor. And to his credit, he doesn't sermonize or take sides. Jan 2, 2018 | Full Review…
Director Steve McQueen finds beauty in the squalor. And to his credit, he doesn't sermonize or take sides.
Brian D. Johnson
There is very little context, because on the inside, prison has no context. There is just horror. And maybe, sometimes, in the least expected places, beauty. Sep 18, 2017 | Full Review…
There is very little context, because on the inside, prison has no context. There is just horror. And maybe, sometimes, in the least expected places, beauty.
Matt Singer
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