The Cove

Shallow Water. Deep Secret.


The Cove
This year's documentary Oscar winner takes a look at a controversial practice in Japan. Every year, over 20 thousand dolphins are lured into a remote cove and slaughtered. The meat, laden with mercury and unfit for human consumption, is sold as whale meat and typically ends up on school lunch menus. The filmmakers risked arrest or worse to capture this practice on film, using secret cameras hidden in fake rocks.

90 minutes.
Mature Accompaniment under 10 (Violence).
Animals, Documentary, Drama, On the art circuit
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Credits

Cast
Joe Chisholm, Mandy-Rae Cruikshank, Charles Hambleton, Simon Hutchins, Kirk Krack, Isabel Lucas, Richard O'Barry, Hayden Panettiere, Roger Payne, John Potter, Louie Psihoyos, Dave Rastovich, Paul Watson, Greg 'Moondog' Mooney
Director
Louie Psihoyos
ScreenplayMark Monroe
MusicJ. Ralph
CinematographyBrook Aitken
EditingGeoffrey Richman
Sound formatsDolby Digital
Made in2009
Produced byDiamond Docs, Fish Films, Oceanic Preservation Society, Quickfire Films

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreDocumentary
LanguageMild
NudityNone
SexNone
ViolenceStrong
PrejudiceNone
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseNone
CommentsIssue-driven documentary. Distress issues and images related to dolphins.
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Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus / The Star
Attiyah Kahn quote iconBrilliant, but not for the faint hearted
15
Die Burger
Paul Boekkooi
20
Cape Times
quote iconA powerful piece of advocacy film-making
15
Box Office
Amy Nicholson quote iconSundance loved this passionate documentary on dolphin hunting, crowning it with the audience award.
15
Chicago Sunday Times
Roger Ebert
20
eye Weekly
Adam Nayman
15
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers quote icon The Cove plays like a thriller. It has the breathless pace of a Bourne movie, but none of the comfort of fiction. This is documentary filmmaking at its most exciting and purposeful.
15
Metacritic.com
26 critics
17
Rottentomatoes critics
115 critics
16
Rottentomatoes tomatometer
Tomatometer quote iconThough decidedly one-sided, The Cove is an impeccably crafted, suspenseful expose of the covert slaughter of dolphins in Japan.
19

What the People say

Internet
5912 Netizens quote iconExcellent drama, too bad it's real!
17

Average .. 84%

17

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