The Whale

Garry Arnot of Cinema Perspective

2023-01-29

A bleak exercise in shame and miserabilism, Aronofsky’s The Whale is a thought-provoking, challenging experience that furthers his bold cinematic exploration of belief. Read more

Bob Mann of One Mann's Movies

2023-01-28

This is a really interesting work. A work that delves into a difficult and unaddressed world affecting a small, but still important, proportion of the population. Charlie is one of the most interesting characters we are likely to see on the screen this year... Read more

Filipe Freitas of Always Good Movies

2023-03-05

The problem with The Whale is that the more Aronofsky wants to make cinema, the more it gets histrionic. In its desire to bring out emotions, the film skips over the more complex fallout of personal abandonment, in its physically and psychologically undertows. Read more

Eric Hillis of The Movie Waffler

2023-02-01

There's an important conversation that might have been started by The Whale, but Aronofsky's condescending approach will likely shut down any potential dialogue, which is a shame. Read more

Alex Brannan of CineFiles Movie Reviews

2023-01-02

The Whale is a tonal misfire. It goes for haunting and grotesque in moments where it would be better served going for compassion, and it goes for compassion far too late (and with far too much fervor) to make up for it. Read more

Hamish Calvert of HCMovieReviews

2023-02-01

So whilst The Whale is home to several brilliant performances and well-paced, interesting storytelling, its lack of sensitivity and misplaced melodrama sadly becomes its ultimate undoing. Read more