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  • Starring: Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts
  • Summary: Put in charge of his young son, Ali leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Ali's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Reviewed by: Lorien Haynes
    Sep 12, 2012
    90
    Physically it is a kick in the teeth, a depiction of poverty, sex and violence which crosses most known codes of acceptability.
  2. Reviewed by: Richard Corliss
    Sep 12, 2012
    80
    Sometimes engrossing, sometimes exasperating romance. In these scenes, Cotillard shows she doesn't need the validation of Cannes or the Academy. Her strong, subtle performance is gloriously winning on its own.
  3. Reviewed by: Peter Bradshaw
    Sep 12, 2012
    80
    What could have been simply bizarre, sentimental or contrived here becomes an utterly absorbing love story.

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