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(1 - 21) of 21 OFCS Rating: 90% Fresh Page   1   1.5/5 "Scratch the good-looking surface and The Cove's contentions start to look very wobbly."   Eye for Film   Amber Wilkinson 4.5/5 "It's thrilling, chilling, amusing and moving, and if I could think of any other sensations that rhymed, The Cove would surely be those as well."   Cut Print Review   Anders Wotzke B+ "Cove is a stirring call to arms, providing the damning dolphin massacre argument forcefully and creatively. I can't say the film will change the world, but it certainly will make those trips to Sea World more awkward."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf 3.5/5 "Self-aware and just a little too coy"   Filmcritic.com   Chris Cabin 4/10 "Itīs a sloppy, shamelessly pandering film that will work well as an activist tool."   DVDTown.com   Christopher Long B+ "...an engrossing bit of cinematic agitprop based on the exhaustive efforts of dolphin activist Richard O'Barry."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey 8/10 "In between the exciting sequences of the team setting up equipment and being nearly captured, The Cove includes interviews with persuasive sea life experts and not-so-convincing local Japanese authorities."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 4/4 "...an absolutely essential piece of work that deserves to be seen by as wide an audience as possible."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair A- "Tells you with its heart all you want to know about why it's necessary to free the dolphins from captivity and slaughter."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 3/4 "Staggeringly exposes the high-to-low complicity of many hands in the international captivity trade, though mostly it stands as a testament to one man's activist spirit and a reminder of how all social progress comes from the passion of the individual."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez B+ "An unabashedly activist, one-sided piece of cinema, but a very effective one that probably won't find wide distribution, though it should."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 4/5 "A thoroughly shocking documentary that exposes the secret slaughter of dolphins in Taiji, Japan."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat "The Cove is guerrilla journalism at its best. Structured and paced by director Louie Psihoyos as a thriller/caper movie, it brings audience-grabbing cinematic conventions to work in telling its story of dolphin genocide"   Film.com   Jonathan F. Richards A- "A baby jumps in the forefront of the slaughter and one can only imagine its horrified panic - this is a dolphin holocaust and it makes one's blood boil at man's capacity for cruelty."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford "Think 'guerrilla journalism'... The Cove is not polite, and it is not demure...."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson B "A quite stirring call to arms against the senseless, copious murder of animals."   Lessons of Darkness   Nick Schager 4/5 "This film virtually creates a new genre: the horror doc. It's a gripping and compelling film about something utterly unthinkable."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline B+ "...an ecological thriller cloaked in a gripping documentary that lays bare a world travesty."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 8/10 "A real life spy thriller led by marine activist Richard O'Brian that is also a genuine and heartfelt plea for the marine environment."   Monsters and Critics   Ron Wilkinson 4.5/5 "I've seen hundreds of horror movies in my time, and I've never seen anything quite as disturbing as the final sequences of The Cove."   Cinematical   Scott Weinberg 3/4 "Visceral enough to inspire action, no matter your politics."   Charlotte Weekly   Sean O'Connell  (1 - 21) of 21 OFCS Rating: 90% Fresh Page   1