The Guardian's review of Hungry, a hippopotamus-themed horror film releasing on Sky Cinema, finds the animal-attack premise fundamentally unconvincing despite hippos' real-world danger. The reviewer argues the film struggles to make its titular creatures frightening on screen, undermined further by a title evoking the children's game Hungry Hungry Hippos, even as the script insists the vegetarian mammals are territorial and lethal when protecting their young.

The story follows a group of tourists on a Louisiana bayou trip who find themselves attacked by hippos rather than the more expected alligators, with thinly written characters including an ingenue, her best friend, a tour guide, a retired fireman and his family. Writer-director James Nunn is said to prioritise suspense-building, using techniques like the fireman's practical knowledge and a gymnast's agility for the survival sequences, over character development, with the review concluding the film's central premise remains inherently silly. Hungry is released on Sky Cinema from 4 September.