If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle
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  • Summary: Silviu has only two weeks left before his release from a hostile juvenile detention center. But when his mother, who abandoned him long ago, returns to take his younger brother away - a brother Silviu raised like a son – those two weeks become an eternity. While his outcries for help fall onon deaf ears, he finds himself mercilessly taunted and harassed by the other inmates. And just as Silviu's frustration evolves into full-throttled aggression, he is introduced to a beautiful social worker that he can only dream of being close to. Faced with a slew of conflicting emotions and wild with desperation, Silviu is driven to a surprising act of defiance as he makes a last grasp for freedom. (Film Movement)

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Andrew O'Hehir
    Jan 10, 2011
    80
    Offers an introduction to the lean-and-mean, social-realist Romanian storytelling style that's built around a charismatic young actor and a familiar genre.
  2. indieWIRE
    Reviewed by: Eric Kohn
    Jan 8, 2011
    75
    Set in a barren juvenile detention center, the movie works as a grueling coming-of-age story, linking it to the likes of "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days," even if it lacks the same lasting appeal.
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    Jan 5, 2011
    75
    Whistle is the feature debut of director-writer Florin Serban, who studied at Columbia University and lists among his influences Robert Bresson, Pedro Almodovar, Bruno Dumont and Ken Loach.
  4. Boxoffice Magazine
    Reviewed by: Ed Schied
    Jan 10, 2011
    60
    The accessible story and fast-paced action scenes could draw a good arthouse audience, more than usual for a Romanian film.

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