Corneliu Porumboiu's The Whistlers is a tight, satisfying crime yarn - even if its small quirks and arthouse sheen sometimes get in the way of the good time its offering.

| Jun 5, 2021

Ultimately Porumboiu's film is a complex but concise succession of double bluffs, dubious deals and difficult-to-predict characters...

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 11, 2021

A bizarre thriller full of brilliant ideas, absurd moments and well-timed outbursts of violence. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 25, 2021

[Fulfills] all the promises of the genre. [Full review in Spanish]

| Mar 23, 2021

A neothriller about people who talk, literally and metaphorically, other languages and how the system itself survive because of the corruption [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 19, 2021

A thriller as strange as it is overwhelming. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 17, 2021

It catches me with its twisted plot between policemen and thugs who play deceit, betrayal and the most unexpected corruption that is solved by whistling. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 7/10 | Feb 21, 2021

The director orchestrates his action with slippery subtlety and droll humor, and he continually surprises on his way to an expressively non-verbal finale of light and music.

| Jan 27, 2021

Very little other than a genre riff for the sake of doing a genre riff. But it is a good genre riff, so it has that going for it.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 19, 2021

I was unimpressed except for the whistling language itself.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Dec 22, 2020

Despite being pretty to look at and pleasant to listen to, the ending completely fizzles out.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 29, 2020

The film's ending might not be much of a surprise, but the guessing games that the movie plays on viewers should be enjoyable to people who like a good mystery.

| Jul 14, 2020

A decidedly elegant operation. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 13, 2020

Sexy, funny and chic, a distinctive riff on a familiar formula.

| Jul 3, 2020

Film noir is not a genre one readily associates with Romanian Cinema... But this playfully slippery thriller doesn't only boast such familiar elements as a world-weary detective, a gorgeous femme fatale and a twisty plot, it's also cracking fun.

| May 30, 2020

Smart, well structured, and slick, The Whistlers is the film you should make someone watch who has said Romanian cinema isn't for them.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 13, 2020

Porumboiu's direction is absolutely top class, with his juggling of time and space assured and often quite alluring

| May 13, 2020

"The Whistlers" is a hugely entertaining gem -- a witty, stylish caper with a breathtaking finale.

| Original Score: A- | May 12, 2020

Amid all the geeky film references and breezy heist-going-wrong shenanigans, this gives The Whistlers real substance.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 12, 2020

It has such a playful attitude toward genre...absurd but quite genuine.

| May 11, 2020