On the coast of Cork, Syracuse is a divorced fisherman who has stopped drinking. His precocious daughter Annie has failing kidneys. One day, he finds a nearly-drowned young woman in his net; she calls herself Ondine and wants no one to see her. He puts her up in an isolated cottage that was his mother's. Annie discovers Ondine's presence and believes she is a selkie, a seal that turns human while on land. Syracuse is afraid to hope again.... (Full plot summary below)
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On the coast of Cork, Syracuse is a divorced fisherman who has stopped drinking. His precocious daughter Annie has failing kidneys. One day, he finds a nearly-drowned young woman in his net; she calls herself Ondine and wants no one to see her. He puts her up in an isolated cottage that was his mother's. Annie discovers Ondine's presence and believes she is a selkie, a seal that turns human while on land. Syracuse is afraid to hope again.
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| Philadelphia City PaperSam AdamsIt's difficult to walk the line between fantasy and the real world without straying too far to one side (or simply cheating), but Jordan masterfully modulates the movie's tone. |
| The eXileEileen JonesOne of those films that keeps almost ending, but just as your flattened spirits perk up a bit in anticipation, you realize there's a whole other wearisome sequence to go through before the characters emote their way to the obvious finale. |
| Boston HeraldJames VerniereNeil Jordan's strange and wonderful, if minor-key "Ondine" is a rare thing. It is a film-noir fairy tale and a modern-day retelling of the North Atlantic legend of the Selkie, a sirenlike sea creature that can take the form of a beautiful woman. |
| Seven DaysRick KisonakIrish writer-director Neil Jordan will always be best remembered for The Crying Game and its penile plot twist, but there's infinitely more to his filmography than surprise shemales. |
| Arkansas Democrat-GazettePhilip MartinOndine is one of those lovely things that dissolves beneath too intent a gaze. |
| Lessons of DarknessNick SchagerUnderstated in its subversion of, and then canny adherence to, its chosen folklore |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeAn imperfect film, but it's the kind of imperfect film with staying power. |
| BrianOrndorf.comBrian OrndorfIt's a film of unique quandaries executed by an ace cast, but Ondine doesn't leave a lasting impression, only mild enchantment with a handful of exceptional moments. |
| Hollywood & FineMarshall FineA charmer, a film that pulls you into an alternate world and makes you feel the possibilities...quietly surprising in its own lovely way. |
| Film.comJonathan F. RichardsSome complexities of story will be lost on audiences not tuned to the regional Irish brogue that is the mother tongue of this little fishing community. But Christopher Doyle's dark lush photography plucks the green coast of Cork like a harp. |
