"Riveting"
- USA Today
"
One of the best (and most talked about) documentaries of the year."
- SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
"Powerful, heartbreaking, and beautifully crafted."
- PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
"One of the most important documentaries in recent memory."
- PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
"Gripping"
- The Guardian
"Damning and expertly assembled"
- BOSTON GLOBE
"Editors' Pick"
- Washington Post
"Critics' Pick"
- LA TIMES
"Go Watch Blackfish"
- Onegreenplanet.org
"Engrossing"
- SAN FRANCISCO WEEKLY
"Powerful"
- SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN
"Stunning"
- PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
"Has the potential to do that most rare thing - effect real social change."
- PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
"A MUST-SEE DOCUMENTARY. A Best Documentary nomination seems assured in what will doubtlessly be one of this summer’s most talked about films."
- Thelma Adams, Yahoo
"This edge-of-your-seat documentary has it all: an oversize villain, chilling attack footage, corporate malfeasance, and girls in bikinis."
- Thelma Adams, Yahoo
"A MESMERIZING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER. Righteous, captivating and entirely successful."
- Justin Chang, Variety
"Emotionally powerful. As searing as The Cove was, Blackfish has equal if not greater impact."
- David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter
"Grade A-. Searing—a full-on takedown of a broken system."
- Eric Kohn, Indiewire
"
. A calmly rendered indictment that will incite righteous anger in audiences."
- Sean Means, Salt Lake Tribune
"Blackfish will win the Academy Award for best documentary. It's that good."
- US News and World Report
"HAUNTING. THE MOVIE UNFOLDS LIKE A THRILLER. It’s a metaphor for the ages."
- David Edelstein, New York Magazine
" EXTRAORDINARY. A MUST-SEE."
- Joe Numeier, NY Daily News
"A GRIPPING MINDBENDER. May be the scariest movie around."
- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
"THIS EYE-OPENING, EDGE-OF-YOUR-SEAT DOCUMENTARY HAS IT ALL: an oversize villain, chilling attack footage, corporate malfeasance, and girls in bikinis. IT WILL DOUBTLESSLY BE ONE OF THIS SUMMER’S MOST TALKED ABOUT FILMS."
- Thelma Adams, Yahoo Movies
"Enthralling"
- Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
"RIVETING. It blurs the distinction between procedural thriller, empathetic psychological portrait and call-to-action."
- Mark Olsen, LA Times
"STIRRING, VITAL AND CONVINCING."
- Gary Goldstein, LA Times
"RIVETING."
- Huffington Post
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- Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out NY
"Critic’s Pick."
- NY Times
"HEARTBREAKING AND CHILLING. As thorough a takedown of a business and its practices as you are likely to ever see."
- Roger Moore, LA Daily News/Orlando Sentinel
"EYE-OPENING."
- Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
"Enthralling"
- Wall St Journal
"Must-see"
- Entertainment Weekly
"Riveting"
- LA Times
"Strikes a fine balance between edge-of-your-seat filmmaking and thoughtful examination."
- Indiewire
"Grade: A-. Eye-opening."
- Campus Circle
"Stirring"
- LA TIMES
"CHOSEN ONE"
- Comingsoon.net
"HARROWING"
- Buzzfeed
"Will Make You Rethink Everything You Thought You Knew About Killer Whales."
- Buzzfeed
"CHILLING"
- CNN
"A DAMNING documentary that shows the lies in “the party line."
- ROGER MOORE, MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
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- Time Out New York
"Vital"
- Village Voice
"Revealing, wrenching, and important"
- Village Voice
"Eye-opening… edge-of-your-seat documentary"
- Yahoo Movies
"A MUST-SEE DOCUMENTARY. A Best Documentary nomination seems assured in what will doubtlessly be one of this summer’s most talked about films."
- Thelma Adams, Yahoo
"This edge-of-your-seat documentary has it all: an oversize villain, chilling attack footage, corporate malfeasance, and girls in bikinis."
- Thelma Adams, Yahoo
"A MESMERIZING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER. Righteous, captivating and entirely successful."
- Justin Chang, Variety
"Emotionally powerful. As searing as The Cove was, Blackfish has equal if not greater impact."
- David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter
"Grade A-. Searing—a full-on takedown of a broken system."
- Eric Kohn, Indiewire
". A calmly rendered indictment that will incite righteous anger in audiences."
- Sean Means, Salt Lake Tribune
"A gripping example of documentary filmmaking at its finest."
- Jeff Peterson, Deseret News
