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.
Cracks
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United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain · 2009
Rated R · 1h 44m
Director Jordan Scott
Starring Eva Green, Juno Temple, María Valverde, Imogen Poots
Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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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.
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What are critics saying?
Cracks simply doesn't make the grade.
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.
Cracks stumbles down the stretch, when the melodrama finally washes in and the behavior becomes more extreme.
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.
Scott's feature debut is beautifully filmed and offers an unexpectedly shocking ending.
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