Hunger
Not to be watched!!! - Yummyyam
I thought that was the worst film I have ever seen. They explain absolutely nothing about how Bobby Sands got arrested and why. They say nothing about his life at all in Block H. You might see a few minutes of how they have all been treated but that's about it. I also thought it was a shame they only put it at the end that Bobby Sands was elected in the Parliament and didn't even mention throughout the film! It's meant to be important. Honestly, I think it was really crap and I can't believe that it has good critics...
Review published on the 03 December 2008 16:16
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amazing - m
this film will stay with you long after you have left the cinema. horrifying. amazing. true. one excellent scene with the most dialog in the whole film between bobby sands and the priest. must see MORE
17 April 2009 13:34
Incredibly real - Cascarino
“Hunger” is quite simply one of the most gruesome, grueling and stunningly real films I have ever seen. I haven't felt so utterly drained leaving a cinema since Good Friday in 2004 when I... MORE
26 November 2008 18:25
Hunger - Jennie
i felt that this film was very dragged out!! it was with no meaning to start off with , it was very dissapointing that none of the music dedicated to the hunger strikers were played as the sound... MORE
22 November 2008 15:20
Clever Intense and thought provoking - Nigel
After reading the reviews on this site I was given the impression that it is mindless “up the ra” film or a half assed cinematic attempt to demonstration what Northern Ireland was like... MORE
21 November 2008 00:39
Hunger - Ruth
This is a gud film but is very dragged out in parts but in this case they wer makin for the scene and to show the viewer's wat these ppl had to go through. Worth watchin... few of the ppl in the... MORE
17 November 2008 14:29
Symbols - El Hfrrr
The movie is wrapped in symbolism. Judas Iscariot gets an outing as the doomed, troubled prison officer. The priest is a latter day cynical Pontius Pilate figure, passed over for promotion in favour... MORE
16 November 2008 23:31
This is what happened... - Nicola T
I didn't grow up in Ireland during the "troubles", I grew up in Asia but I am Irish... so I don't what you'll make of that but it's just to put the review in a bit of context. I though... MORE
15 November 2008 14:34
scotty, scotty, scotty... - fattyfitz
Scotty by the sounds of it you watched this film online.. in doing so i think you missed out. Watching this film on the big screen ensures that it is engrained on your psyche for a considerable time... MORE
13 November 2008 21:35
Ambiguous study into the human condition - James
I'd be interested to know how Scotty almost "turned it off", since Hunger isn't released yet on DVD. Hmmm.... Anyway, I find it unusual that people like him and Niall thought it was... MORE
13 November 2008 16:51
Brilliantly made but tough to watch - Fionaoc
Having read much about both the hunger strikes themselves as well as this film in particular, I thought I'd prepared myself for the bleak subject matter of Hunger. However I completely underestimated... MORE
07 November 2008 09:31
Poor, disturbing, uninformative & one dimentional... and that's just the good bits... - HSP
Having followed events closely enough when the troubles in Northern Ireland were front page news everyday, I am always interested in movies on the subject. Anything to do with Irish history, north or... MORE
06 November 2008 03:46
Harrowing but a must see - Andy Millea
I would recommend this for anyone interested in Irelands recent history or what's currently going on in the world as regards state torture and the dehumanising effect it has on prisoners and their... MORE
05 November 2008 15:46
Brilliant - oakgrove
A film that stays with you long after you leave the cinema. Brilliant. MORE
05 November 2008 14:41
Undeserving - Niall
I found this film's message repugnant. Murder is murder no matter what your beliefs or convictions. Starving yourself does not make you a hero. MORE
05 November 2008 13:12
Hard-hitting - John S
Hunger I view films as an escape from daily life and a journey for the mind. Hunger provided both in abundance. A hard hitting portrayal of life in the H blocks in the early 80s that culminated in... MORE
04 November 2008 01:16
for scotty - Nobby
This film was bit dull but still great viewing.As for 'scotty' get a life and don't go to a film you clearly weren't going to like before you saw it and there was no other side or other point of view... MORE
03 November 2008 10:39
Fantastic - me
This film is brilliant. And it stays with you well after you have left the cinema. It is very brutal, violent, upsetting (my eyes welled up more than once throughout the movie) and most of all real.... MORE
03 November 2008 10:04
Possibly the worst film about Northern Ireland ever!!! - Scotty
There is virtually no dialog in the film apart from 5 minutes in the middle where Sands tries to justify his hunger strike to the priest. A lot of the film is made up of quiet graphic scenes , like... MORE
01 November 2008 19:44
Real - Siobhan L
For those looking for a romanticised view of the Hunger strikes - this isn't it. In fact some people found it so disturbing at the Cork Film Festival that they left early. The story is focus on the... MORE
31 October 2008 10:36
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