While thematically linked to derivative crap like "Mona Lisa Smile" and "St. Trinians", "Cracks" contrasts these by actually fleshing out nuanced, non-vapid girls. There's an uncomfortable feel to the entire thing not entirely unlike Weir's "Picnic at Hanging Rock", and a series of ambigious hints allows the film to keep its creeping uncertainty throughout the final dénouement. A cop out, you say? I say it fits perfectly with the characters. Green is good, Juno Temple is great.

For at least half the movie I asked myself what the story was all about, then I started coming up with my own answers as I'm still not sure what the point is. Nevertheless, that doesn't bother me a darn bit because there are a few things so worthy of my time that cohesion gets put aside. I don't recall having seen so many good young actresses united in a same piece as it's the case here, and I especially enjoy their untainted emotions, whatever they are. Superb photography!

Eva Green is wonderful. She's given a rare opportunity to shine here. There are no men in this movie, and it tries to capture a few insights about early womanhood. Or at least I think it does. What the hell do I know about it. My point is that it's a good movie, and one's female companions may enjoy it even more than I did.

"The film unfolds primarily as a case study of both a vaguely fascistic individual and a group subject to that individual's magnetism." - Andrew Schenker

Well shot and well acted, fairly derivative script.

Without pathetic pricks like Orlando Bloom or Sam Riley around her, Eva Green really shines. No cheap tricks here - the madness is real and one particular look at the end made me literally freeze. Great performances by the young actresses, especially by María Valverde. And, of course, Ridley brought John Mathiesson in the game.

not recommended for straight males. unless you want to see eva green creeping on little girls.

A complex and subtle narrative. Green is fantastic as the depressed and oft delusional Miss G molding "her girls" into visions of her imagined self. Juno Temple and Maria Valverde also offer fine turns. In short, w worthy watch.

From start it looked like some St.Trinians clone but fortunately something went wrong. Characters are fine developed but acting is mediocre. E. Green is not that bad as she's in other films. Still has too much 'childish' factor to be taken seriously.

Pretty intriguing. It was just predictable enough to lull you into complacency and then twist things up a bit at the end.

Eva Green is very good in this. Her character is, in a higher level, what we all are. We say many great things to cover our truth.

I found the characters of this movie really interesting, and so were the relations between them, specially of course the three protagonist (and their actresses). The story is immersive and the doubts you have about the lives, with the suggestions the movie gives about their past lives, always subtle, a nice adding to think about the movie and find different things in possible future reviews.

Would never watch it again. Kinda nice movie though.

Beautiful scenery, some beautiful girls... a slighlty boring and highly predicable movie.

Starts off as a conventional boarding school drama, but takes a steep turn in the third act as new light is shed upon the character played by the marvellous Eva Green.