Compuserve
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7
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By Harvey S. Karten
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Mar 15, 2011
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An engaging period piece about an all girls' school on a remote island.
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Slant Magazine
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5
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By Andrew Schenker
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Mar 13, 2011
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The film unfolds primarily as a case study of both a vaguely fascistic individual and a group subject to that individual's magnetism.
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CultureCatch
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0
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By Brandon Judell
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Mar 08, 2011
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A concrete depiction of every Right Wing fundamentalist's greatest nightmare and fantasy, it's shocking to learn that such a pro-gay producer as Christine Vachon (e.g. Go Fish; Swoon) is involved here.
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Boxoffice Magazine
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5
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By Mark Keizer
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Feb 13, 2011
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Scott excels in maintaining a low, persistent hum of eroticism whose purpose is not titillation or camp.
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Little White Lies
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4
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By Nikki Baughan
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Jun 18, 2010
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Even the star power of the lovely Ms Green can't help Cracks escape the melodramatic doldrums.
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Times [UK]
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8
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By Kevin Maher
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Jun 18, 2010
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A film about the eruption of desire in an all-girls boarding school that marks the beguiling feature debut from Jordan (daughter of Ridley) Scott.
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Guardian [UK]
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4
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By Xan Brooks
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Jun 18, 2010
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Cracks totters on high heels and strikes all manner of poses in the mirror. Sooner or later it's bound to fall over.
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Time Out
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2
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By Nina Caplan
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Jun 18, 2010
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Scott has fashioned a film as ponderous as it is obvious, weighed down by a string-heavy soundtrack and achingly slow editing.
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Filmstar Magazine
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5
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By Anne Wollenberg
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Jun 18, 2010
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What should have been a dark study of obsession and teenage rivalry is rendered dreary by poor pacing. Eva Green may captivate, but the film does not.
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Independent on Sunday
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2
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By Nicholas Barber
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Jun 18, 2010
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Jordan Scott's debut film is essentially a picturesque, slow-motion montage of boarding school pastimes: diving practice, a midnight feast, parcels from home, low-level bitching. I kept hoping Dumbledore would pop in and liven things up.
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Empire Magazine
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6
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By Helen OHara
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Jun 18, 2010
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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.
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Sunday Times (UK)
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4
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By Cosmo Landesman
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Jun 18, 2010
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It's a film without much resonance - there is no way of knowing what lasting effects the pupils' experiences will have on them - but it's smoothly made by Jordan Scott.
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Observer [UK]
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2
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By Philip French
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Jun 18, 2010
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Jordan Scott's confident directorial debut is a faintly ridiculous, sexually overheated mixture.
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Boston Phoenix
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8
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By Peter Keough
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Jun 18, 2010
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In her debut feature, Jordan Scott (daughter of Ridley) has conjured a lovely oddity combining elements of The Prime of Miss Brodie, The Children's Hour, If, The Belles of St. Trinian's, and even a bit of Lord of the Flies.
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