Hungry Hearts 2015

Kevin Lincoln, Grantland: Rohrwacher, meanwhile, is superb as Mina, in a role that couldn't be drawn less sympathetically. Read more

Kyle Smith, New York Post: Beginning as an adorable romcom, "Hungry Hearts" morphs into a disturbing but not particularly illuminating story of mental illness. Read more

Rex Reed, New York Observer: Whatever else you think, you'll have to admit you have never before seen anything quite like this one. Read more

Jay Weissberg, Variety: Starts off with a delightful opening but turns increasingly exasperating. Read more

Leah Greenblatt, Entertainment Weekly: Roman director Saverio Costanzo has a feel for atmospherics, and draws nuanced performances from both leads. Read more

Deborah Young, Hollywood Reporter: Something is missing. Something like credibility. Read more

Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: A strange, harrowing, often remarkable story of love and obsession. Read more

Katherine Pushkar, New York Daily News: You can't take your eyes off Rohrwacher as she weaves back and forth between passionate and loving and obsessive and nuts. Read more

Nicolas Rapold, New York Times: Mr. Costanzo's attempt at rendering the fraying of minds and marital bonds draws on notions of hysteria that only shortchange his characters. Read more

Manori Ravindran, Globe and Mail: A robust thriller with a questionable, although intriguing, commentary on motherhood and mental illness. Read more

Linda Barnard, Toronto Star: It takes Jude far too long to finally admit what Mina is doing to their child as Hungry Hearts heads toward a contrived conclusion. Read more

Serena Donadoni, Village Voice: Hungry Hearts owes much to early Polanski (especially Repulsion and Rosemary's Baby), but Costanzo prizes ambiguity over tension. Read more

Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine/Vulture: Hungry Hearts is a troubled, troubling movie. The unrest it creates looms long after the end credits have rolled. Read more