Hungry Hearts
A new couple's desperate struggle to protect their infant turns intimate love into a harrowing battle over trust, care, and parental control.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- melancholic
- claustrophobic
- disturbing
- serious movie night
- arthouse film night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film an intense, unsettling relationship drama with committed performances, though its execution and emotional extremity divided reviewers.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Jude and Mina sharply disagree over how to protect and nourish their infant, turning intimate caregiving into the film's central conflict.
The apartment and surrounding city are rendered through increasingly anxious, disorienting perspectives as the couple's conflict intensifies.
Jude and Mina's relationship deteriorates as each attempts to control decisions involving the baby and the other partner's judgment.
Mina's convictions about natural care oppose Jude's reliance on doctors and established medical intervention.
Films like Hungry Hearts, and why
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
intimate relationship drama shaped by escalating psychological and domestic tension
We Need to Talk About Kevin
claustrophobic marital conflict, parental anxiety, and morally unsettling domestic choices
The One I Love
naturalistic couple-centered drama in which love is strained by competing beliefs about care and responsibility
Movie Details
- Director
- Saverio Costanzo
- Release Date
- 2015-01-15
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 (225)
Cast
- Adam Driver
- Alba Rohrwacher
- Roberta Maxwell
- Brandon Reiss
- Joshua Reiss
- Jake Weber
- Victoria Cartagena
- Al Roffe
- Geisha Otero
- Jason Selvig
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, Sundance Now
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Hungry Hearts about?
- A new couple's desperate struggle to protect their infant turns intimate love into a harrowing battle over trust, care, and parental control.
- What is Hungry Hearts like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Hungry Hearts as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Hungry Hearts violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Hungry Hearts as mild.
- What did critics think of Hungry Hearts?
- Critics broadly found the film an intense, unsettling relationship drama with committed performances, though its execution and emotional extremity divided reviewers.
- Which films are like Hungry Hearts?
- Films with a similar feel include The Killing of a Sacred Deer, We Need to Talk About Kevin, and The One I Love.
- How long is Hungry Hearts?
- Hungry Hearts runs 109 minutes.
- Where can I watch Hungry Hearts?
- In United States, Hungry Hearts streams on Philo, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, Sundance Now.
