Cracks

Los Angeles Times by

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.

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.

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.

Boxoffice Magazine by Mark Keizer

Scott excels in maintaining a low, persistent hum of eroticism whose purpose is not titillation or camp.

The A.V. Club by Noel Murray

Cracks stumbles down the stretch, when the melodrama finally washes in and the behavior becomes more extreme.

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.

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.

New York Post by V.A. Musetto

Scott's feature debut is beautifully filmed and offers an unexpectedly shocking ending.