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30 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangThis accomplished debut feature avoids most of the usual pitfalls, channeling its outrage into a tense, focused piece of storytelling with a powerful sense of empathy.
- 80TimeMary PolsTimeMary PolsWeisz is a dazzling woman, but her beauty is barely noticeable in this role; her character's integrity and her mounting anger grab all the attention. In one scene Kathy finally confronts what she's up against and starts to cry. They are tears of rage, and the most powerful I've seen this year.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanRarely has a movie captured the obscene violence of sex trafficking with such unvarnished grubbiness. In the end, though, The Whistleblower is a corporate thriller.
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceGeographic diffusion aside, Kondracki's fact-based thriller remains somewhat focused on its grim subject, though its principled bid to allure and enlighten the VOD-surfing masses results in a surplus of Hollywood-style eye candy and narrative formula.
- 63Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversThe film swings from melodrama to sermonizing, both blunting the human drama that needs to come to the fore.
- 60Boxoffice MagazineBarbara GoslawskiBoxoffice MagazineBarbara GoslawskiSevere and unflinching, The Whistleblower relies on journalistic realism to pack its punch.
- 50Slant MagazineBill WeberSlant MagazineBill WeberIt reaches a peak of dramatic anguish in star Rachel Weisz's single moment of naked fury, rather than through the tenacity and compassion that define her crusading title character.
- The Whistleblower's loose camerawork and cool tones sometimes recall Steven Soderbergh's "Traffic," but without his control or unwillingness to strip away his characters' humanity.