Overview
- Hope premiered in the Cannes Competition late in the festival and earned a prolonged standing ovation even as critics split over the film.
- Reviewers widely praised the film’s first hour as relentless, large-scale action that ranks with recent top-tier genre set pieces.
- Multiple critics flagged a number of distracting CGI shots that they say look rushed for the festival but could be fixed in postproduction.
- The movie uses Western actors in brief CGI roles, a choice some reviewers called stunt casting that pulled viewers out of the world-building.
- Distribution deals are in place with NEON handling North America and MUBI covering parts of Europe and Latin America, with NEON reportedly eyeing a fall 2026 North American window.