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Movie Overview
Cast
• Kate Beckinsale
• Gabriel Macht
• Tom Skerritt
Director
• Dominic Sena
MPAA Rating
R - for violence, grisly images, brief strong language and some nudity.
Whiteout (2009)

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OFCS Rating: 9% Rotten
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2/4
"Everything about Whiteout feels so routine, and as decent as the actors are, their performances lose some spark because of it."  ReelTalk Movie Reviews  A. J. Hakari

"Needed: Generic thriller in an exotic setting, some gore, possible sci-fi elements, female lead, and an older male star to play grizzled supporting character. Must work cheap."  Examiner.com  Adam Lippe

1.5/5
"Dull and draining, Whiteout should have been offered under one of these preferable alternate titles -- Washout, or even better, Wornout."  Filmcritic.com  Bill Gibron

D-
"A dreadful sleeping pill, marching into production with the best intentions in the world, but coming out the other side a jumbled, incompetent, ludicrously underlined whodunit."  BrianOrndorf.com  Brian Orndorf

C+
"Is best when dealing with the splendors of the natural landscape."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

1.5/4
"When serious moments are accompanied again and again by collective widespread laughter from an otherwise well-behaved audience, it is a tell-tale sign that something has gone very wrong in translation from page to screen."  DustinPutman.com  Dustin Putman

C
"The film's been sitting on the shelf for 2 1/2 years; maybe it went bad?"  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider

D+
"An Antarctic-set murder mystery that might have played well on the printed page but emerges as a slushy mess on the screen."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

3/5
"Depicts how a woman U.S. marshal at a frigid station in Antarctica is tested on many levels by a murder case."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

"Though global warming gets namechecked only once in Whiteout, and off-handedly, it's the ever-present subtext..."  The L Magazine  Henry Stewart

2/4
"a relatively mediocre, by-the-numbers mystery thriller that melts from your mind as soon as you step into the sunlight"  Q Network Film Desk  James Kendrick

"Parental Content Review"  Screen It!  Jim Judy

2/4
"An adequate thriller - complete with scares, red herrings and a nonsensical twist-ending %u2013 which exploits its Antarctic surroundings for all their worth."  Big Picture Big Sound  Joe Lozito

2/5
"Kate Beckinsale is about as convincing a U.S. Marshal as Joan Crawford is a loving mother."  Time Out New York  Keith Uhlich

C-
"It is a mystery why star Beckinsale...keeps wallowing in junk food genre fare....a might more entertaining than watching snow on your television."  Reeling Reviews  Laura Clifford

1.5/4
"We do wish you the best in your future endeavors and that you do manage to find a warmer climate."  Mark Reviews Movies  Mark Dujsik

"Oh, the squandering! It's like setting a story on Mars and then pretending we're just out in the Arizona desert."  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

2/4
"It has a great cast, an original thriller setting, and a compelling concept, and yet the central mystery is surprisingly limp."  Aisle Seat  Mike McGranaghan

1.5/4
"It's a wonder Whiteout isn't in 3D, what with its initial onslaught of in-your-face flying propellers, crashing planes, and a lingering close-up of Kate Beckinsale stripping to her skivvies."  Slant Magazine  Nick Schager

1/5
".Little more than an extended episode of "C.S.I. Antarctica," "Whiteout" is a film that couldn't be more boring and uninteresting if it tried and if there is one thing that it most certainly doesn't do, it is try."  eFilmCritic.com  Peter Sobczynski

C
"...just predictable routine."  Reeling Reviews  Robin Clifford

3/10
"Ice-schlocky - an idiotic wipeout."  SSG Syndicate  Susan Granger
OFCS Rating: 9% Rotten
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