House of Hummingbird
Well Go USA Entertainment | Release Date (Streaming): June 26, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Universal acclaim based on 10 Critic Reviews
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10
Mixed:
0
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0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
78
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerJul 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. Read full review
75
Film ThreatLorry KiktaMay 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. Read full review
83
IndieWireDavid EhrlichJun 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. Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreJun 19, 2020
The film meanders a bit, and dawdles a bit more. But its compelling and unblinking portrait of a girl’s life, her expectations, prospects, obstacles and second class status. Read full review
100
RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiJun 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. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineJake ColeJun 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. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterElizabeth KerrMay 3, 2019
Sensitive, keenly observed and unflinchingly honest. ... House of Hummingbird can be a little too deliberate in its contemplations and contextualizing Eunhee in her solitude and search for intimacy can be bloated at times, but ultimately it's an assured and affecting portrait of teenaged uncertainty and insecurity. Read full review
80
The New York TimesManohla DargisJun 25, 2020
Kim works like a pointillist with lots of short scenes and daubs of textured nuance that build the portrait incrementally. Read full review
91
The PlaylistAndrew BundyAug 30, 2019
Kim’s film is a compassionate piece on interpersonal connection that’ll touch your heart when it’s at its most vulnerable Read full review
70
VarietyTomris LafflyMay 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. Read full review
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