There's wonderful potential for permanently bleached out vistas to embody a metaphorical emptiness. Here it's just a great big blank.
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09/11/09
Whiteout (2009)
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Reviews Counted:102
Fresh:6
Rotten:96
Average Rating:3.4/10
Consensus: Kate Beckinsale is as lovely as ever, and does her best with the material, but moribund pacing and an uninspired plot leave Whiteout in the cold.
Rated: 15 [See Full Rating]
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Theatrical Release:11-09-2009
Synopsis: Antarctica... The most isolated landmass on Earth 90° S. latitude, zero E. longitude Six million square miles of ice ... [More]
Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht, Tom Skerritt, Columbus Short
Director: Dominic Sena
Reviews for Whiteout
Top CriticSet in Antarctica, but unbelievably boring. I kept hoping for something unexpected to show up, like a killer penguin, but it never did.
09/11/09
Hobbled by a ruinously slow start, an utter lack of excitement and a twist ending that everyone will see coming, we're left with one of the year's worst.
09/11/09
Devoid of personality and full of characters so one-dimensional that they aren’t even worth mentioning in this review, Whiteout is a movie that sees no-one emerge with any credit.
09/11/09
A predictable whodunnit set in a cinematographer's paradise.
09/11/09
Top CriticAn uninspired thriller.
09/11/09
Despite Beckinsale's impeccable features appearing to be rendered in porcelain, her performance is far from lifeless...she does the best with the material. It's just a shame the same can't be said for the film-makers.
09/11/09
Top CriticThe sub-standard work from everyone involved means that Whiteout is very much a missed opportunity that undoubtedly would have been better left on the comic book page.
09/11/09
Apart from a lascivious shot of his scantily clad star, director Dominic Sena keeps the action fairly swift under blizzard-like conditions: at times we seem to be watching people fight inside a snow globe.
09/11/09
It's pretty poor.
09/18/09
This generic snowbound thriller desperately wants to remind you of Insomnia, but it's not worth losing much sleep over.
09/11/09
With plotholes you could drive a snowplough through and as eventful as an Antarctic winter, Whiteout is less a whodunit than a getonwithit.
09/11/09
The first sight the audience gets of the Brit star is her stripping to her undies, pointing her perfectly-shaped rear to the camera then stepping into the shower. It's one of Whiteout's three highlights.
09/11/09
John Frizzel’s over-worked soundtrack keeps telling us how exciting everything is, but it feels as if we’re frozen in time. Not so much a white-out as wipe-out.
09/11/09
Top CriticA whodunnit set on a scientific research base in Antarctica that slowly becomes a “Who cares?”
09/11/09
Top CriticWhiteout has a good premise and a likeable lead, but it goes rapidly downhill and is ultimately disappointing.
09/11/09
It has a great cast, an original thriller setting, and a compelling concept, and yet the central mystery is surprisingly limp.
09/11/09
All we're given is a lukewarm mystery where frustrating plot holes give way to lackulster conclusions, and even the most furious CGI snowstorms can't obscure the film's telegraphed "twist."
09/10/09
It's Kate Beckinsale on Ice.
09/21/09
A stupid thriller.
09/15/09
Latest News for Whiteout
September 10, 2009:
Critics Consensus: 9 Looks Great, But The Plot's Weak
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September 09, 2009:
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