"A MESMERIZING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER"

- Variety

"SEARING AND EMOTIONALLY POWERFUL"

- Hollywood Reporter

"[AN] EYE-OPENING... GRIPPING MINDBENDER"

- Rolling Stones

"soul-rattling"

- Boise Weekly

"asks important questions"

- Pittsburgh Post Gazette

"Absorbing"

- El Paso Times

"Compelling"

- KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL

"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