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Director
Jordan Scott
Cast
Eva Green,
Juno Temple,
María Valverde,
Imogen Poots,
Ellie Nunn,
Adele McCann,
Zoe Carroll
Genre
Drama,
Mystery,
Thriller
At an all-girls boarding school, the diving team is much revered by other students. When a new girl from Spain, Fiamma, joins the team, the rest of the squad is jealous of the attention devoted to her by Miss G, the diving coach. Little do they know that the obsession of Miss G will soon bring a disastrous event upon them all.
ReelViews by James Berardinelli
The movie's realistic portrayal of the ingredients that can lead to bullying and other forms of unkindness inflicted on outsiders by those in power, speaks strongly to viewers watching in the 21st century.
The A.V. Club by Noel Murray
Cracks stumbles down the stretch, when the melodrama finally washes in and the behavior becomes more extreme.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Joe Williams
The simmering rivalry between Di and Fiamma, inflamed by the kind of glimpsed indiscretion that makes adolescent melodramas tick, explodes in a thriller ending that turns an observant coming-of-age story into something resembling "The Lord of the Flies."
New York Post by V.A. Musetto
Scott's feature debut is beautifully filmed and offers an unexpectedly shocking ending.
Empire
An auspicious debut for Scott, but one whose ingredients are too familiar to really fizz. Green is great, though, in a dark-tinged role that plays to her strengths.
The New York Times by Stephen Holden
In many ways Cracks is lurid and rickety. But its gripping ensemble performances lend it an emotional intensity that outweighs its shortcomings.
Empire by Helen O\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
An auspicious debut for Scott, but one whose ingredients are too familiar to really fizz. Green is great, though, in a dark-tinged role that plays to her strengths.
Boxoffice Magazine by Mark Keizer
Scott excels in maintaining a low, persistent hum of eroticism whose purpose is not titillation or camp.
Observer by Rex Reed
May not appeal to every taste, but it marks an arresting feature debut for Jordan Scott, a director who is well worth watching.
Village Voice by Ella Taylor
Alas, the hopelessly miscast Green is too darn French, lacking the voraciously loony brio it takes to play Miss G.
Philadelphia Inquirer by Carrie Rickey
While Scott's movie has a consistent aura, it lacks a consistent tone. What are we to make of the movie, gauzy as a mist-shrouded lake and brutal as "Lord of the Flies?"
Los Angeles Times
Atmosphere is about all Cracks has going for it. Although it's nominally set between the wars, the movie feels rootless and adrift, less a fable than a story only half told.
Time Out by David Fear
Cracks simply doesn't make the grade.
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