[A] compelling and alarming fact-based drama...

| Oct 26, 2022

Directed by Larysa Kondracki and co-written with Eilis Kirwan, The Whistleblower pulls no punches, going for the grit and grime, and more often than, horrifying visuals of sexual slavery and abuse.

| Nov 26, 2019

Weisz carries the film.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 8, 2019

All the players in The Whistleblower are broad ciphers, in service of the simplistic, didactic intentions of the plot.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 8, 2018

This is a hopelessly upsetting movie, you won't feel good about anything when it's over, but it's important to address these kinds of issues.

| Oct 24, 2017

Based on a true story, the movie makes you wish it could've had more impact

| Aug 30, 2017

The Whistleblower offers fantastic performances from the entire cast. It's very atmospheric with grisly authenticity and a truly moving plot.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Nov 11, 2013

A dark, uncompromising look into the disturbing world of human trafficking.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 4, 2013

The thriller stuff is very soft, and the docudrama stuff is too focused on "Oscar moments" (i.e. huge expressions of outrage and torment).

| Mar 9, 2012

Yes, The Whistleblower has its heart in the right place. However, that heart is bleeding a little too much.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Feb 6, 2012

The Whistleblower goes off the rails a little -- I guess in an attempt to create more drama out of an already dramatic situation. As the plot devices pile up towards the end, it's a bit frustrating because there's a good movie in there somewhere.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 30, 2012

The Whistleblower is a strong effort made even more so thanks to the mesmerizing talents of star Rachel Weisz.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 27, 2012

This is bleak terrain, but Weisz's performance helps us get through it. And as real-story films go, The Whistleblower is as accurate as can be.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jan 14, 2012

Weisz is made for this kind of role; from "Constant Gardener" to "Enemy at the Gates," few actors can do absolute, unshakable conviction so well on screen.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 21, 2011

A reasonably taut story of political intrigue, international corruption and one woman's determined fight for justice

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 21, 2011

The closing minutes of the film suggest the most challenging parts of the story still remains untold.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Oct 18, 2011

Don't let the impressive cast list, which includes Vanessa Redgrave, Monica Bellucci and David Strathairn, fool you: This is the Rachel Weisz show.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 12, 2011

It's a good film with a strong central performance. The problem is that the film isn't as strong as the performance.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Oct 6, 2011

Structured and shot like a quality premium-cable channel police drama, this fact-based story might have had more impact as a documentary.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 30, 2011

[Weisz's] restraint offers a cold, evaluative gaze that makes what transpires all the more telling, and in the absence of direction that can make something more out of these elements than just condemnation, that becomes a strength.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 29, 2011