The Whistlers: reviews

What the critics say average 8.0 from 2 outlets

• 8.0 The GuardianPeter Bradshaw "Porumboiu gives us a knotty, twisty, nifty plot that?s quite involved but hangs together well...An elegant and stylishly crafted piece of entertainment". Read
• 8.0 IndiewireEric Kohn "Corneliu Porumboiu's enjoyable riff on the heist movie tradition has a unique hook, and is begging for an English language remake". Read
• Roger EbertBrian Tallerico "'The Whistlers' is sometimes caught between Porumboiu?s dry comedic timing and a plot that I think I?m supposed to be able to follow more than I was (although I?m not sure about that), but it?s certainly never boring". Read
• VarietyJessica Kiang "'The Whistlers' is a departure, literally as well as figuratively, in that much of it is set outside Porumboiu?s native Romania, and the plot marches to the beat of the gangster noir, a genre that feels a little schematic and stifling for a director normally so beautifully uncategorizable". Read
• The Hollywood ReporterLeslie Felperin "The whole package is perfectly enjoyable, but sometimes it feels maybe a touch too facile and too immersed in the old-school gender attitudes of classic noirs to pass without censure the hyper-sensitive scrutiny of millennial viewers...The script may hum and buzz with twists and require concentration, but that's not exactly the same as being intellectually satisfying and rich the way Porumboiu's earlier work was. They were closer to profound; this is just clever". Read