Day 89: The Cove

Directed By- Louie Psihoyos

Written By- Mark Monroe

Critics Review- "Every once in a while it's good to see a movie that makes the blood boil."- Peter Rainer "Christian Science Monitor"

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 95% Audience- 93%

Out a possible 5 stars- 5 stars

My Review-

There have been some documentaries that I have seen so far during these last few months for my one movie a day, and only two have made me angry at what I was watching. Not angry in a way that I regret watching the movie, or choosing it for that day. Angry in the way, that I could not believe this was happening and no one was there to try and stop it. They just let it go on as if it did not bother them that much. The Cove is a documentary about one man Rick O'Barry and the group of people he recruited to tell this horrifying story of how thousands of dolphins are killed each year in Japan. The worst part is the last half of the documentary, which is also in a way the best part of the movie; it sort of becomes a spy movie, since they need to capture the slaughter of the dolphins at this cove in Japan without getting caught. So in way it way it became a spy thriller while still being a documentary about awareness. The reason why it became horrifying is because of the footage that the cameras caught, were almost hard to watch, but needs to be watched because of what is going on. The documentary also deals with all the sort of politics of why this happening and why it goes on, also it goes into the other people that are trying to stop it, by risking everything. This is a documentary that needs to be watched, it should not be passed up because it looks boring or you do not want to watch it because of what it's about, you should watch it because, you need to be aware of what is going on. I am glad that I watched this documentary to see what was going on in Japan, and most of the people that live in Japan were like myself and probably still are, they have no idea that his is going on. You want to watch a documentary that will keep you at the edge of your seat or wanting you to see what is going to happen next? watch this film.