Silkies aren't the only creatures who can inhabit two worlds. As Annie knows, and as Jordan's film makes clear, stories enable us to step outside the quotidian world and dream, if only for an hour or two.
– Michael O'Sullivan,
Washington Post,
18 Jun 2010
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Among the film's pleasures is a disarmingly tender performance from the new, improved Colin Farrell.
– Ty Burr,
Boston Globe,
24 Jun 2010
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Ondine is dipped in whimsy and might have drifted out to sea, but it's bounded on four sides by love stories - between a father and a daughter, a man and a mermaid, an actor and his co-star, and a director and his country.
– Joe Williams,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
25 Jun 2010
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Some 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.
– Jonathan F. Richards,
Film.com,
25 Jun 2010
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It's impossibly romantic; Farrell and real-life partner Bachleda exude a tamped-down longing that intensifies as the movie draws to its conclusion.