Hunger (2008)
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- Common Sense Age 16+
- Critics Consensus 90%
- HD
- CC
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- Drama
- 1 Hour 36 Minutes
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4.5 • 90 Ratings
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Film debut from British artist Steve McQueen, "Hunger" follows life in the Maze Prison, Northern Ireland, with an interpretation of the highly emotive events surrounding Bobby Sands' 1981 IRA Hunger Strike. With an epic eye for detail, McQuenn provides a timely exploration of what happens when body and mind are pushed to the uttermost limit. "Once upon a better time, there were audiences who looked for hardscrabble movies that pushed them out of their comfort zones into uncharted territory. Hunger is such a movie. It's an artistic triumph...a sensory wallop... Shockingly immediate and philosophically reflective... an indelibly moving tribute to what makes us human" -Travers, Rolling Stone. "I've seen "Hunger" three times...with each screening the spectacle of violence, suffering, and pain becomes more awful and more awe-inspiring" -Hoberman, Village Voice. Best Film- Chigago Film Festival. From IFC Films.
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Film debut from British artist Steve McQueen, "Hunger" follows life in the Maze Prison, Northern Ireland, with an interpretation of the highly emotive events surrounding Bobby Sands' 1981 IRA Hunger Strike. With an epic eye for detail, McQuenn provides a timely exploration of what happens when body and mind are pushed to the uttermost limit. "Once upon a better time, there were audiences who looked for hardscrabble movies that pushed them out of their comfort zones into uncharted territory. Hunger is such a movie. It's an artistic triumph...a sensory wallop... Shockingly immediate and philosophically reflective... an indelibly moving tribute to what makes us human" -Travers, Rolling Stone. "I've seen "Hunger" three times...with each screening the spectacle of violence, suffering, and pain becomes more awful and more awe-inspiring" -Hoberman, Village Voice. Best Film- Chigago Film Festival. From IFC Films.
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- Rent $3.99
- Buy $12.99
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Ratings and Reviews
Critics Consensus: Unflinching, uncompromising, vivid and vital, Steve McQueen's challenging debut is not for the faint hearted, but it's still a richly rewarding retelling of troubled times.
Brutal true prison IRA drama has strong violence, language.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Steve McQueen
- Producers
- Laura Hastings-Smith
- Robin Gutch
- Screenwriter
- Edna Walsh
- Steve McQueen
Information
- Studio
- Blast! Films
- Genre
- Drama
- Released
- Copyright
- © Blast! Films - Hunger Ltd. 2008
Languages
- Primary
- English (Dolby 5.1, Stereo, CC)
Accessibility
- CC
- Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.