Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Beanbioca As Good As It Gets

Frances Chung Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Rexanne It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Michael Kingsbury As a fellow Human Rights filmmaker, this film is accurately portrays this aspect of the former Marxist Eastern Europe sex slave trade. As a director, I'm proud of the film's director for fighting for the toughest final cut, I know it cuts down on marketability, to have such a real scene towards the end, but it is vital for the integrity and longevity of the film.My only criticism is that it doesn't show the influence of ex-Marxists (Communists) in the Ukraine starting point of the sex slave trade. I would have liked to have seen about 20 of the brutal rape and murder scenes all through the film, and not just as the shocking climax. But I'm more from the Tarkovsky school of total inescapable immersion in the subject.One of the top 20 films of the last 40 years.

lavatch The war in Bosnia and Herzegovina between from 1992-95 was one of the most horrific struggles since World War II. Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia were thrown together in a postwar settlement that necessitated intervention from United Nation peacekeeping forces. It also included special "global service" contractors like Democra that is depicted in "The Whistleblower" as full of corrupt and mercenary predators engaging in human trafficking.Kathryn Bolkovac (Rachel Weisz) is an honest cop from Lincoln, Nebraska, who volunteers for a stint in Bosnia to help with reconstruction, peacekeeping, and law enforcement and nation building in the late 1990s. The film depicts Kathryn's nightmare in attempting to rescue young women from the Ukraine who have been sold into bondage in Bosnia-Herzegovnia.Katryn faces an uphill battle, as nearly everyone from the cops to local authorities to international bureaucrats seem to be complicit in human trafficking. The most appalling dereliction of duty comes from the U.N. itself, as evident in the feckless character of Bill Hynes. It was only due to the tenacity of Kathryn Bolkovac that the case files were eventually shared with the press that the truth was known. Eventually, Kathryn published the book that was the basis for the film: "The Whistleblower: Sex Trafficking, Military Contractors and One Woman's Fight for Justice." The film is successful in portraying Kathryn's heroic struggle as the whistleblower. It also demonstrates how international agreements can experience a total breakdown. In 1995, the Dayton Peace Accords laid out the framework for the division of the former nation-state of Yugoslavia following the Bosnian War. A stipulation of the accords was for an international conglomeration of organizations to monitor and implement the peace agreements. But human greed intervened, leading to enormous atrocities. The film is unflinching in depicting those atrocities, and it reminds viewers at the end that "private contractors" are worth billions in revenues from clean-up work in Iraq and Afghanistan. Let us hope and pray that those contractors include more people like Kathryn Bolkovac.

sergepesic As one gets older it gets harder and harder to be shocked with the state of humanity." The Whistleblower", gripping and unflinching thriller manages just that,to shock beyond comprehension. We all know that wars awaken the worst in people, that thin veneer of civility scratches very fast or that the deprived among us quickly seize the opportunity to do abominable things, usually under the sickening guise of patriotism. But what can we say when the peacekeepers and the human rights groups take sadistic advantage of already devastated people. Somehow that seems even more sociopathic than your run of the mill war criminal. And these creatures didn't even get punished. They are back to their perfect families and church pews. The trouble is that these awakened monsters will have hard time pretending to be normal. Pandora's box is open. Are we that naive or just that reckless? We'll find out. Every fire that doesn't get put out on time burns everything in sight.

allegro16 At first I thought that this is just another thriller film, but as the film progresses, I soon come to realize that this film is different. Watching this film sends chills down my spine. Some of the scenes are really hard to watch. The entire film sends a message of anger deep down in my heart and how I wish those people who are involved in the disgusting and sickening business of sex trafficking be severely punished.I sincerely hope that this film will send a strong message to authorities around the world to step up to fight human trafficking.Overall, an eye opening film with Rachel Weisz delivering a solid performance.