HUNGRY

(director/writer: James Nunn; cinematographer: Job Reineke; editor: Richard Blackburn; music: Austin Wintory; cast: Olivia Bernstone (Hannah), Madison Davenport (Sistine), Jim Meskimen (Tim), River Codack (Mikey), Tracey Bonner (Dionne), Michel Curiel (Rodrigo), Samantha Coughlan (Sally), Joaquim de Almeida (Walker, hippo hunter); Runtime: 92; MPAA Rating: NR; producer: Ben Jacques, Ella Fiels, Sarah Gabriel; Aura Entertainment; 2026-UK/USA)

“Below average creature feature.”

Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz
 
English filmmaker James Nunn (“One Shot”/”Tower Block”) directs this below average creature feature, where a killer hippo goes on a rampage.
 
Sistine (Madison Davenport) is fired from her job while on her vacation. Hannah (Olivia Bernstone), her bestie, arranges for them to go to the bayou of Louisiana for a vacation to cheer her up. Rodrigo (Michel Curiel), the handsome 30something tour guide boat owner, meets them in a bar and talks them into going on a tour of the swamps to see the 12-foot-long alligator named Big Ben, the largest gator in the swamp.

It turns out a killer hippo is feasting on gators at night and turns to killing the passengers on the boat tour. The passengers include the divorced businesswoman Dionne (Tracey Bonner), and a single parent nurse named Sally (Samantha Coughlan) and her teenage son Mikey (River Codack) and her retired widower father Tim ( Jim Meskimen).

A series of uninspired killings take place in this underwhelming film that made me feel more queasy than hungry.

It played at the Tribeca Film Festival.

REVIEWED ON 7/9/2026  GRADE: C

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