White

Name: White
Genre: Thriller

Thriller

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91%

Tomatometer

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87%

Popcornmeter

Storyline

Willa Harba, a struggling actress trying to catch her big break, is traveling overseas for a shoot with a self-obsessed star when their private jet crashes into the Pacific. Now the sole survivor, she’s stranded on a fractured wing with nothing but ocean around her. Her only lifeline is a satellite phone salvaged from the wreck, but when she calls for rescue, her demanding studio boss, Barbara, brushes her off. Instead, her signal is picked up by marine biologist Sam Swatek. She delivers chilling news: Willa has crashed into the infamous White Shark Café, a stretch of ocean where great whites gather to feed.

Details

DirectorJake West

StatusIn Production

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Reviews

8 reviews · 7 critics

7 fresh · 0 rotten

Critics consensus

“Taking a lighter tone than the other films of the Three Colors trilogy, White is a witty, bittersweet comedy with heavier themes on its mind than one might at first realize.”

91% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

Peter Bradshaw

RTGuardianApr 5, 2023

What a strange confection White is – an opera of male agony and outrageously implausible picaresque adventure. Yet it succeeds amazingly on its own melodramatic terms.

Derek Malcolm

RTGuardianAug 9, 2012

A bleak but ultimately hopeful comedy which, if it hadn't got to be called White, might very well be dubbed Black.

Steve Beard

RTEmpire MagazineAug 9, 2012

The least favourite of the trilogy, this is also arguably the most accessible.

Bianca Garner

RTFilmotomyOct 10, 2024

Overall, White is often regarded as the weakest film in the trilogy, but that is hardly fair. White has a lot to analyse and a lot of themes to discuss. This is a highly enjoyable film, set in a bleak world, where things aren’t in black and white.