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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The New York TimesVincent CanbyThe New York TimesVincent CanbyWhat makes The Hunger so much fun is its knowing stylishness, which Mr. Scott, who makes his theatrical film debut here, has brought to movies from a career in commercials and documentaries.
- 60Time OutTime OutVisual sensualities will have a feast, but you'll have to read Whitley Strieber's novel if you don't want to emerge with a badly scratched head.
- 50Austin ChronicleAustin ChronicleThe Hunger is typically Tony Scott -- more style than substance, and perhaps simply an excuse to get Denueve and Susan Sarandon, Miriam's post-Bowie love, in bed together.
- 50Chicago ReaderDave KehrChicago ReaderDave KehrThe obsessive conjunction of lesbian sex and flowing blood suggests a deep-seated misogyny, but neither this nor any other theme is registered with enough clarity to offend.
- 50TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineA slick, largely empty visual exercise with vague thematic overtones about a clash between American and European culture. The Deneuve/Sarandon sex scene, however, is not to be missed by fans of either actress.
- 50Slant MagazineEd GonzalezSlant MagazineEd GonzalezScott’s film scarcely has its pulse on the encroaching conservatism of the nation. In the end, it’s just a shallow lesbian fantasy so aggressively spit and polished as to suggest a 96-minute White Diamonds commercial. Of course, that’s not to say that it isn’t fun.
- 50Miami HeraldBill CosfordMiami HeraldBill CosfordAn almost-horror film called The Hunger has in common with Flashdance an apparent obsession with style over other considerations, and the result, though weird, is no more satisfying. [02 May 1983, p.C6]
- 40EmpireKim NewmanEmpireKim NewmanAll style and no anything else, especially plot coherence.
- 38Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe Hunger is an agonizingly bad vampire movie, circling around an exquisitely effective sex scene.