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The Hummingbird Project

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Cousins Vincent and Anton are players in the high-stakes game of high-frequency trading, where winning is measured in milliseconds. Their dream is to build a straight fiber-optic cable line between Kansas and New Jersey, making them millions, but nothing is straightforward for this flawed pair. Anton is the brains, Vincent is the hustler, and together they push each other and everyone around them to the breaking point with their daring adventure.
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Smart and well-acted, The Hummingbird Project marks a flawed yet undeniably intriguing addition to writer-director Kim Nguyen's filmography.

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Kathleen Sachs Chicago Reader What might have made for either a thrilling, high-stakes drama or, at the very least, an intelligent comedy, ends up wildly uneven. Mar 13, 2020 Full Review Ian Freer Empire Magazine Although sometimes it gets bogged down in the details of drilling, The Hummingbird Project extracts enough entertainment value from an unpromising premise, greatly helped by Jesse Eisenberg finding the humanity in his hustler. Rated: 3/5 Jun 17, 2019 Full Review Wendy Ide Observer (UK) Part thriller, part family drama, part satirical commentary on the way that the pursuit of wealth is a cultural cancer that taints everything it touches, The Hummingbird Project is no less compelling for its odd mishmash of components. Rated: 4/5 Jun 16, 2019 Full Review Michael J. Casey Boulder Weekly Eternally relevant and immediately obsolete. Rated: 3/5 Jun 15, 2021 Full Review Richard Crouse Richard Crouse Sets its sights beyond the story of Wall Street intrigue to focus on something much bigger, the effects of global capitalism. Rated: 3.5/5 Mar 4, 2021 Full Review Craig Schroeder Battleship Pretension The Hummingbird Project asks the question but never gives a satisfying answer. Jan 7, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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isla s This is a character based drama film I'd say, a corporate one at that, with somewhat quirky characters. It has a bit of a humdrum feel to it (I guess its subtle in tone) for the most part. There are a number of sub plots present. I thought it was interesting seeing Penelope Cruz as a somewhat cutthroat businesswoman. As I said, its a pretty corporate film in a sense, although, interestingly, the film is partly set in a rural area. It has a human aspect to it, with the health issues that one of the main characters has, that he's reluctant to speak out about. Its sad but good, particularly towards the end, when it becomes poignant. Jesse Eisenberg gives a good performance in this film and yes, I'd recommend this film to others. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review alejandro p It talks about an ambitious and at the same time deadly obsession. It is a moderately developed story that does not end up touching the sensitive "strings". Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie had a premise that sounds promising and I was looking forward to watching it. 30 minutes in and it felt like I was watching a disjointed, confused, and indecisive college student's film. The director needed to pick a lane and run with it. Instead it was mush of plot ideas decorated with some decent, but not stellar, acting. I'd like my 2 hrs back. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member Selma Hayek is a terrible actor and horribly miscast in this role. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 10/13/21 Full Review tom m While I recognize that Jesse Eisenberg is a good actor, I don't like the characters he plays (conniving, know-it-alls) and I grow a bit weary of them. This was another instance of that sort of story. Despite that the movie was okay, but not great. Alexander Skarsgård and Salma Hayek filled their roles well. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member It was an okay movie. I felt they tried to make the movie too drama based and just did not work with the type of movie it is. They added plot devices that were just there to make it more tense but really were useless. There were a some over dramatic and over acted parts. Not a terrible movie but I wouldn't watch it again. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Cousins Vincent and Anton are players in the high-stakes game of high-frequency trading, where winning is measured in milliseconds. Their dream is to build a straight fiber-optic cable line between Kansas and New Jersey, making them millions, but nothing is straightforward for this flawed pair. Anton is the brains, Vincent is the hustler, and together they push each other and everyone around them to the breaking point with their daring adventure.
Director
Kim Nguyen
Producer
Pierre Even
Screenwriter
Kim Nguyen
Distributor
The Orchard
Production Co
Item 7, Belga Productions
Rating
R (Language Throughout)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 15, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 11, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA)
$371.8K
Runtime
1h 51m
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