Hippo

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Hippo

2024

1h 40m

Comedy

Drama

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HIPPO examines the coming-of-age of two step-siblings: Hippo, a video-game addicted teenager and Buttercup, a Hungarian Catholic immigrant with a love of classical music and Jesus. Like the Ancient Greek Aphrodite, Buttercup's love is unrequited by a brother who prefers to indulge the art of war and chaos. The result is a hormone-fueled, tragicomic waking nightmare that must be seen to be believed.

Natalia Winkelman

New York Times

11/13/2024

Like a stubborn toddler zipping his mouth shut while stomping his feet, "Hippo" manages to be noisily aggravating while saying nothing at all.

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Christian Zilko

IndieWire

11/07/2024

B+

Quite possibly the darkest comedy released in 2024, it also deserves to be in the conversation for the year’s funniest film.

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Nick Allen

RogerEbert.com

08/11/2023

A transfixing oddity.

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

12/05/2024

The dark comedy of Hippo is bizarre, subversive, and isn't meant to have massive appeal. Scratch beneath the surface of weirdness and you'll find clever allegories about Greek mythology and Judeo-Christian beliefs.

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Bill Arceneaux

Moviegoing with Bill

12/04/2024

3.5/5

A vulgarity of punk notions and taboo grotesqueness. It’s more than a peek at the remnants of a really nuclear family; it’s an atomic bomb dropped on America by weirdos, foreign and domestic.

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Martin Unsworth

Starburst

11/18/2024

4/5

It’s as funny as it is uncomfortable, and all the better because of it.

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Julian

11/10/2024

Weird and darkly comedic in the best of ways.

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Brian T

@RT18328007 Apr 3

I thought this movie would have hippopotamus on screen but no.pish movie

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Paul M

@RT62961834 04/22/2025

What you get if you mixed a young Tim Burton with Wes Anderson and told them to direct A Clockwork Orange in 1990's Suburbia... I unique, witty, surprising and poignant. This is why I love to watch films and a must see for anyone who considers themselves a film buff... 9.2/10

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Don L

@RT51117251 02/20/2025

Indie cinema is back

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Hunter M

@RT46237374 01/14/2025

Fun in a very uncomfortable way

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Bradley D

@RT02967410 12/19/2024

This film should be talked about!

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Mark H. Rapaport

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Kimball Farley

Hippo

Lilla Kizlinger

Buttercup

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Synopsis

HIPPO examines the coming-of-age of two step-siblings: Hippo, a video-game addicted teenager and Buttercup, a Hungarian Catholic immigrant with a love of classical music and Jesus. Like the Ancient Greek Aphrodite, Buttercup's love is unrequited by a brother who prefers to indulge the art of war and chaos. The result is a hormone-fueled, tragicomic waking nightmare that must be seen to be believed.

Director: Mark H. Rapaport
Producer: Anthony Argento, Siyu Lin, Mark H. Rapaport
Screenwriter: Mark H. Rapaport, Kimball Farley
Distributor: Kinematics
Production Co: Rough House Pictures, Kinematics
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 8, 2024, Limited
Runtime: 1h 40m