Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- tense
- propulsive
- irreverent
- technology movie night
- business drama marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film smart, intriguing, and well acted, while viewing its ambitious ideas and disparate narrative strands as unevenly integrated.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Vincent and Anton pursue a fiber-optic shortcut between Kansas and New Jersey to gain a milliseconds-long high-frequency trading advantage.
The cousins' cable requires excavation across rural America, making digging machinery and the altered land central images.
Vincent's hustling and Anton's obsessive coding bind the cousins together while their project pushes them toward breaking point.
High-frequency trading, relentless optimization, and professional surveillance shape the characters' lives and relationships.
Films like The Hummingbird Project, and why
Margin Call
shared high-finance thriller setting, morally compromised ambition, and pressure-cooker corporate conflict
The Social Network
shared technology-driven ambition, ruthless competition, and Jesse Eisenberg's intense outsider persona
Glengarry Glen Ross
shared workplace power struggles, manipulative persuasion, and escalating professional desperation
The Wolf of Wall Street
shared critique of capitalist obsession, driven male protagonists, and increasingly punishing ambition
Movie Details
- Director
- Kim Nguyen
- Release Date
- 2019-03-15
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 (426)
Cast
- Jesse Eisenberg
- Alexander Skarsgård
- Salma Hayek Pinault
- Michael Mando
- Johan Heldenbergh
- Ayisha Issa
- Kaniehtiio Horn
- Mark Slacke
- Sarah Goldberg
- Frank Schorpion
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Hummingbird Project about?
- Two high-frequency trading cousins wage a frantic infrastructure gamble across America, discovering that family may matter more than milliseconds or millions.
- What is The Hummingbird Project like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Hummingbird Project as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Hummingbird Project violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Hummingbird Project as mild.
- What did critics think of The Hummingbird Project?
- Critics broadly found the film smart, intriguing, and well acted, while viewing its ambitious ideas and disparate narrative strands as unevenly integrated.
- Which films are like The Hummingbird Project?
- Films with a similar feel include Margin Call, The Social Network, Glengarry Glen Ross, and The Wolf of Wall Street.
- How long is The Hummingbird Project?
- The Hummingbird Project runs 111 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Hummingbird Project?
- In United States, The Hummingbird Project streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
