Using images and sound effects rather than conventional dialogue, this Hungarian outing from filmmaker György Pálfi takes us on an oddball journey through the life of a rural village and the investigations of a local cop. Even without subtitles, Hukkle (the title comes from the sound made by a hiccupping old man) builds into a curious blend of pastoral nature movie and murder mystery in which everything exists to be eaten. Comic and surreal, it's like an ominous Jacques Tati movie.
The images are so lovely to look at that it only takes a few minutes to surrender to Pálfi’s unique rhythm (Hukkle is well-edited, too). It does have a dead body and a murder investigation, but even then it hardly approaches mainstream.
- Jamie Russell, BBCi Film.

The most remarkable thing about Hukkle, the debut feature from Hungarian director Gyorgy Palfi, is that there is no dialogue. A delightful film, it takes you on an aural and visual tour of a small rural community at the height of summer. Opening with an old man with recurring hiccups it presents a rich soundscape of country life with close-ups of minute insects to the hulking agricultural machinery that harvest the fields and turn raw grains into bags of flour. The cinematography is exquisite and full of surprises.
- Rebort, ioFilm.