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The Hummingbird Project

2018

Kim Nguyen

Jesse Eisenberg, Alexander Skarsgård, Salma Hayek, Michael Mando ...

5.6

635

Drama A pair of high-frequency traders go up against their old boss in an effort to make millions in a fiber-optic cable deal.

	Author	Review
United States	Ben Kenigsberg The New York Times	"Eisenberg adds unexpected shades of humanity (...) As the geological, financial and personal barriers the cousins face grow increasingly absurd, the movie works up a satisfying sweat."	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"A very strange financial thriller no one needs (...) [It] feels as humdrum and impersonal as a blueprint (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Boyd van Hoeij The Hollywood Reporter	"Ambitious and very well-acted (...) This is a promising step in the right direction for Nguyen."	POS
United Kingdom	Mike McCahill The Guardian	"We get intriguing ideas, images and locations (...) With few narrative or thematic hook-ups, though, I guarantee plenty of head scratching in front of this curio (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Dennis Harvey Variety	"An entertaining vehicle for vivid performances by both actors (...) It retains [Nguyen's] sharp sense of empathy"	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"[It] is so burdened by the story’s wild logistic that it can’t access whatever rich veins of emotion might flow beneath its surface (...) [It] ultimately falls into the narrow hole that it digs for itself."	NEG
United Kingdom	Kevin Maher The Times	"Modest but perfectly formed (...) [It] hits all the right genre beats (...) while consistently reaching for something more (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"Eisenberg does well (...) but Skarsgard is fascinating playing against type (...) The movie deflates every time that [he] is off screen, and his work alone can’t keep this bird airborne."	NEU
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"Odd and eccentric, Kim Nguyen’s thriller nonetheless proves compelling (...) Hayek has a blast as Hummingbird’s antagonist, pumping as much life into Eva’s cartoon-y lines as she can"	POS
United States	Pat Brown Slant	"Throughout, the film can't decide what attitude to strike toward its characters' evident greed (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEG
Ireland	Tara Brady Irish Times	"Nguyen’s screenplay never breaks down its lofty conceit into digestible 'Big Short' or 'Moneyball' sized chunks (...) [The characters] are entirely unlikeable (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Bedatri D. Choudhury The Film Stage	"The audience never really understand the gravity of the massive project because clearly it does not serve a purpose that makes people’s lives better."	NEG

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