Protraph Lack of good storyline.

Kailansorac Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Horror This is an excellent film. Two great performances back with a great story. A must see!

marcosaguado What a remarkable performance! Marion Cotillard as an actress, as an artist goes as far here as very few actresses have gone before - Total and utter truth no matter how wrenching - Maria Falconetti in The Passion Of Joan Of Arc, Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice, Anna Magnani in Bellissima and very few others, now, for me, Marion Cotillard in Rust And Bone belongs right up there among the sublime. Here I should be commenting on the film and my comment is all about her because Rust And Bone is her, Marion Cotillard. Her co-star, totally new to me, Matthias Schoenaerts, is superb as the handsome, unwitting agent provocateur. Not to be missed.

Rich Wright In the 1994 film Forrest Gump Gary Sinese played a double amputee. He didn't actually cut off both his legs for the role (that would've been TOO extreme) but thanks to the marvel of special effects, he was able to go around in his wheelchair and even take a swim seamlessly. Now, flash forward nearly 20 years (Gosh, how time flies) and we have Marion Cotillard getting her legs bitten off by a killer whale, and the technology is even more amazing. There isn't a single scene where we're not 100% convinced she's lost her limbs, and the stakes are raised even higher when she's fitted with artificial ones. How they managed to insert this footage so completely into the movie is anyone's guess. I kind of don't want to know, as this would spoil the illusion.Her characterisation, as a young woman who has to learn to start again after a life changing incident, is a beguiling one. It would probably be enough to carry the film by itself, but combined with Matthias Schoenaerts devil-may-care trained fighter (with a well hidden heart of gold) it becomes a great one. Their tempestuous relationship is the backbone here, and it is never less than captivating. These are two very different people; and yet they are perfect for one another... as long as both are willing to make sacrifices along the way. It is also my pleasure to report the rest of the cast are imbued with the same level of complexity as the two leads... These are REAL individuals we get to know, not dull cyphers. It all adds to a multi layered drama which is a true pleasure to watch. 7/10

cricket crockett What goes around comes around. Life does not always provide poetic justice, which is why screenwriters such as RUST AND BONE's Jacques Audiard (who also directed) and Thomas Bidegain must ladle it in. Americans especially enjoy seeing nature killers such as BONE's Stephanie (Marion Cotillard) get their just desserts, which is why Gary Larson, artist of the Far Side comic strip, got so much mileage out of showing those whitetails turning rifles on hunters in the backwoods (or in the city, for that matter, such as the Gun-Deer lying in wait outside a McDonald's restaurant, saying to his human season shotgun buddy, "I've heard that they hang out here."). It would have been easy for Audiard Et Al to have shown Stephanie slowly sloshing down that slippery slope toward complicity in helping the Sea World conglomerate to commit the closest thing to genocide possible in the zoo world. Instead, early on, it's suddenly "off with her legs," making her an apt human counterpart to the Orcan individuals she'd habitually abused. After watching BLACKFISH and RUST & BONE, why don't you complete your Long John Silver's trilogy with THE COVE? Bon Appetit!