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'Whiteout' is a Standard-Issue Thrillernew

Despite a raging winter storm, plenty of claustrophobic locations and a hearty handful of suspects, the mystery and characters are surprisingly conventional, barely rising to the level of a good CSI episode. Credited to four different screenwriters, the script smacks of written-by-committee dialogue and plot developments.
Metro Times  |  Jeff Meyers  |  09-22-2009  |  Reviews

Other Than a Tacked-On Skin Scene, There's Nothing Worth Seeing in 'Whiteout'new

Kate Beckinsale's career has officially hit a pothole. Before the boring Antarctica mystery Whiteout, she was in two straight-to-DVD ventures: Nothing but the Truth and the deplorable Fragments. Whiteout should've probably suffered the same fate.
Tucson Weekly  |  Bob Grimm  |  09-16-2009  |  Reviews

'Whiteout' is an Uncomfortably Numb Thriller-Wannabenew

Maybe snow blindness struck director Dominic Sena and his four screenwriters, as they transformed Greg Rucka's graphic novel into an uncomfortably numb movie.
The Georgia Straight  |  Patty Jones  |  09-11-2009  |  Reviews

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