The Whistleblower
The film depicts the experiences of Kathryn Bolkovac, a cop from Nebraska, who served as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia and outed the U.N. for covering up a sex scandal.
11 October 1989, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
2 June 1961, Dublin, Ireland
2 March 1955, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
26 October 1970, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
8 November 1966, Bucharest, Romania
4 August 1969, Botosani, Romania
30 September 1964, Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy
4 August 1961, Dorotcaia, Moldavia
18 February 1969, Munich, Bavaria, Germany
November 11, 2013
The Whistleblower offers fantastic performances from the entire cast. It's very atmospheric with grisly authenticity and a truly moving plot.January 06, 2013
Weisz's best role, and best performance, since "The Constant Gardener.September 01, 2011
"The Whistleblower'' effectively depicts the paranoia that builds as an increasingly frustrated and outraged Bolkovac is thwarted at every turn.February 06, 2012
Yes, The Whistleblower has its heart in the right place. However, that heart is bleeding a little too much.August 26, 2011
If this well-meaning melodrama contains a call to action, it's as quiet as a dog whistle.September 01, 2011
In Weisz's eyes, we see Kathryn's transformation from a public servant doing what's expected of her to a crusader driven to by her own conscience. Her performance is terrific; the movie, sadly, is not.August 25, 2011
You come away from watching the film with a moral bellyache.August 26, 2011
Powerful and revolting, The Whistleblower makes you feel as if it could have been even more powerful and revolting.March 04, 2013
A dark, uncompromising look into the disturbing world of human trafficking.January 30, 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.October 11, 2011
A first-rate one-woman-against-the-system drama, a film benefiting from grim recreations of an ugly reality and a stellar cast determined to expose it.March 09, 2012
The thriller stuff is very soft, and the docudrama stuff is too focused on "Oscar moments" (i.e. huge expressions of outrage and torment).