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  • 2020
  • Not Rated
  • Well Go USA Entertainment
  • 2 h 18 m
  • 2020
  • Not Rated
  • Well Go USA Entertainment
  • 2 h 18 m
House of Hummingbird

Summary Seoul, 1994: A lonely 14-year-old Eun-hee moves through life like a hummingbird searching for a taste of sweetness wherever she may find it. Deprived of attention from her family, she roams the neighborhood with her best friend, attempts romantic relationships with both girls and boys alike and is sent to the hospital with an unclear dia...

Directed By: Bora Kim

Written By: Bora Kim

  • 2020
  • Not Rated
  • Well Go USA Entertainment
  • 2 h 18 m
  • 2020
  • Not Rated
  • Well Go USA Entertainment
  • 2 h 18 m

House of Hummingbird

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 10 Critic Reviews
82
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 17 User Ratings
7.2
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Summary Seoul, 1994: A lonely 14-year-old Eun-hee moves through life like a hummingbird searching for a taste of sweetness wherever she may find it. Deprived of attention from her family, she roams the neighborhood with her best friend, attempts romantic relationships with both girls and boys alike and is sent to the hospital with an unclear dia...

Directed By: Bora Kim

Written By: Bora Kim

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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100
Jun 26, 2020
House of Hummingbird deserves a place alongside the likes of “The Virgin Suicides,” “The Ocean of Helena Lee” and “Eighth Grade” as one of the most knowing and intelligent cinematic takes on the pains and occasional pleasures of female adolescence of recent years.
By Peter Sobczynski FULL REVIEW
83
Jun 25, 2020
Sensitive and lived-in and strong in ways that a more forceful version of this story could never have been, Bora’s debut sketches a portrait of a girl coming into her own strength, and learning to see the blank page of her life as an opportunity rather than a death sentence.
By David Ehrlich FULL REVIEW
80
Jun 25, 2020
Kim works like a pointillist with lots of short scenes and daubs of textured nuance that build the portrait incrementally.
By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW
78
Jul 1, 2020
First-time feature director Kim pulls every moment back its most quiet and intimate, instead letting the ambiguity of personal moments play out. Most importantly, she keeps newcomer Park's performance as Eun-hee in constant focus at a time when she barely knows herself, and definitely doesn't understand other people.
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75
Jun 22, 2020
The film is never more intense than when it’s finding parallels between its main character’s anomie and Korea’s dehumanizing expansion.
By Jake Cole FULL REVIEW
75
May 5, 2019
My one complaint about the film is that it is probably about half an hour too long for my liking (it’s almost 2.5 hours long). Otherwise, I thought it was one of the more honest portrayals of growing up in less than idyllic circumstances with a less than perfect family I’ve seen in quite some time.
By Lorry Kikta FULL REVIEW
70
May 3, 2019
A touch overlong, “House of Hummingbird” doesn’t leave the most powerful emotional mark. Still, it lands on a poignant aftertaste through Kim’s serene attentiveness to the rhythms and details of everyday life ... with a peaceful style reminiscent of Hirokazu Kore-eda.
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Generally Favorable Based on 17 User Ratings
7.2
76% Positive
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12% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 17 User Ratings
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Production Company Epiphany, Mass Ornament Films
Release Date Jun 26, 2020
Duration 2 h 18 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://animoproduce.co.jp/hachidori/
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Awards

Grand Bell Awards, South Korea
• 1 Win & 8 Nominations
Buil Film Awards
• 2 Wins & 7 Nominations
Director's Cut Awards
• 3 Wins & 6 Nominations

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