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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenLadkani's Sea of Shadows is a stirring adventure — inspiring and heartbreaking in equal measure.
- 82Paste MagazineAmy GlynnPaste MagazineAmy GlynnLadkani’s camerawork is agile and sleek, and the editing is super-sound, so even with a complicated web of crime, corruption, socioeconomic tension, multiple languages, blurred-out faces and folks who operate in the dark, it’s easy to follow.
- 80VarietyGuy LodgeVarietyGuy LodgeTold with straightforward investigative nous and a judicious teardrop of anguished sentimentality, the film makes a virtue of its many clashing participants: journalists, scientists, activists, navy officials and fishermen, each with a slightly different stance on the matter.
- 80The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe plot twists are so spot on that a screenwriter might have rejected them.
- 80Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranWhile success is not guaranteed, Sea of Shadows dramatically demonstrates how and why the battle continues to be fought.
- 75Slant MagazineChris BarsantiSlant MagazineChris BarsantiRichard Ladkani’s Sea of Shadows, which bristles with drama and a panicky sense of righteous anger, uses the potential extinction of one little-known species of whale to symbolize a far larger and potentially globe-spanning problem.
- 75RogerEbert.comMatt FagerholmRogerEbert.comMatt FagerholmWhat they tell us is inherently alarming, yet it’s a shame that such crimes aren’t conveyed in a more visually compelling way.
- Paradoxical as it might seem, this planet suffering from human activity requires even more human activity if there’s any hope of saving it. National Geographic documentary Sea of Shadows is hell-bent on reminding us of that fact.
- 60Film ThreatHunter LanierFilm ThreatHunter LanierIt’s the investigative portion of the movie that is most engaging.
- 40The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawIt is heartfelt, but its periodic attempts at thriller-style bouts of excitement are redundant, and I wondered sometimes if the film-makers were sure what exactly their story was.