In the 1960's, Richard O'Barry was the world’s leading authority on dolphin training, working on the set of the popular television program Flipper. Day in and day out, O'Barry kept the dolphins workin...( read more
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DVD Release Date: December 8, 2009
Stats: 390 reviews
Suspenseful, scary, thrilling and heartbreaking. If this does not win for Best Documentary, they should retire that Oscar category.
Ric O'Barry is best known as the dolphin trainer for the popular international television series, Flipper (1964-1967). However, that was 45 years ago and the former instructor has long since given up his trade. Now, O'Barry is an ardent activist for dolphin rights and he, with hi...( read more)
Forget about Ethan Hunt. Forget about Jason Bourne. You can even forget about James Bond. The name you really need to remember is Ric O'Barry. In The Cove, O'Barry--a former dolphin trainer and technical adviser for hit television show "Flipper"--orchestrates one of the most braz...( read more)
At times revolting and astonishing but at others slightly too sentimental for its own good, The Cove is nevertheless brutally effective in parts thanks to a methodical, driven approach to its subject, i.e. dolphin and whale slaughter. Will most likely anger viewers on a topic the...( read more)
I was on the edge of my seat the whole time, but a documentary needs to manipulate with straight facts, and not just heart-pounding filmmaking.
To the point, fast-paced, full of suspense and heartbreaking at the end, a nice all-around documentary. Oscar nomination-worthy I think.
Thrilling, impassioned and suspenseful as a spy caper, The Cove could launch a new sensibility for environmental documentaries. full review
There are many documentaries angry about the human destruction of the planetary peace. This is one of the very best -- a certain Oscar nominee. full review
Two fins up for The Cove, a documentary that whales on evil Japanese fishermen who kill dolphins for lunch meat. full review
The film makes its case graphically, to say the least, yet muddies its bloody waters with an excess of artifice and a dearth of facts. full review
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. full review
The end of The Cove is as rousing as anything from Hollywood. Manipulative? Sure -- but isn't that fitting? full review
A quite stirring call to arms against the senseless, copious murder of animals. full review
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