The Whistleblower

MPAA Rating: for disturbing violent content including a brutal sexual assault, graphic nudity and language.

Moral Rating:

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Moviemaking Quality:

Primary Audience:

Adults

Genre:

Drama

Length:

1 hr. 52 min.

Year of Release:

2011

USA Release:

August 5, 2011
DVD: January 24, 2012

Relevant Issues

sin and depravity—the fall of man

the real Kathryn Bolkovac

prostitute, prostitution, brothels

sex traffic, trafficking, selling sex slaves

WOMEN’S RIGHTS—The Bible alone offers true freedom for women.

United Nations (U.N.) Mission peace keeping force, peacekeepers

quest for justice in the face of a truth no one wants exposed

CONSPIRACY, CORRUPTION—organizations facilitating the very crimes they were created to stop

anger

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“Nothing is more dangerous than the truth.”

Producer’s synopsis: “Inspired by actual events, Kathy (Academy Award® winner Rachel Weisz) is an American police officer who takes a job working as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia. Her expectations of helping to rebuild a devastated country are dashed when she uncovers a dangerous reality of corruption, cover-up and intrigue amid a world of private contractors and multinational diplomatic doubletalk. Directed by first time filmmaker Larysa Kondracki, the film also stars Academy Award winner Vanessa Redgrave, Monica Bellucci and Academy Award nominee David Strathairn.

Kathryn Bolkovac is a Nebraska cop who is thrust into the gravelly snake pit of UN regulated Bosnia. She works as part of a private corporate army, training Bosnian police to restore order to the war-torn country. As she begins to get the lay of the land in her new environment, she starts to see signs of a terrible underground industry whose patrons are not only from within the corporation but from within the United Nations as well.

After finding a woman who has escaped from a human trafficker selling sex slaves to hidden brothels in the area, Kathryn begins to see how expansive an industry it has become in the years following the war. As she gathers more and more evidence to bring to light she discovers the last thing she ever expected, that there is no way for the corporate army and UN officers to be held accountable for their actions.

Based on the harrowing true story of a single womans quest for justice in the face of a truth no one wanted to expose and organizations facilitating the very crimes they were created to stop. But is one woman enough to go up against the United Nations and its corporate conspirators.”

“…Rachel Weisz… Her performance in ‘The Whistleblower’ elevates her into the Oscar-worthy ranks of Norma Rae, Karen Silkwood and Erin Brockovich—a real-life crusader who steps outside her comfort zone to do the right thing, whatever the cost.”
—Jennie Punter, The Globe and Mail

“…isn’t as gripping as it could have been, that’s no fault of Weisz’s: She gives a bracing, wholly connected performance as the real-life Kathryn Bolkovac.… she’s absolutely believable…”
—Michael Rechtshaffen, The Hollywood Reporter

“To the short list of this year’s must-see movies, quickly add ‘The Whistleblower’… Rachel Weisz delivers a powerhouse performance…”
—Rex Reed, The New York Observer

“…it all feels laid on a bit thick.… excessive earnestness… too well-intentioned for its own good.… ”
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times

“……uneven… Kondracki’s direction fizzles. …Because of the abrupt tonal shifts, Kondracki does not maintain momentum. Despite this, Weisz does.…”
—Carrie Rickey, The Philadelphia Inquirer

“…an important story that fails to find the drama… That you leave the film with nagging doubts and questions is not a problem. That you leave it with a sense of disappointment, however, is.”
—Stephen Whitty, The Star-Ledger (New Jersey)

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