If you want the whole truth, Courtney Hunt's new film is not so bad.
– Dan Gunderman,
New York Daily News,
21 Oct 2016
rotten:
The script for The Whole Truth is an "airport book," although it contains even less sizzle and grit than most of those.
– Brian Tallerico,
RogerEbert.com,
21 Oct 2016
rotten:
Trundling along on the drone of Ramsay's pseudo-hardboiled voice-over, "The Whole Truth" plays like an especially claustrophobic courtroom procedural, drably photographed and generically framed.
– Jeannette Catsoulis,
New York Times,
20 Oct 2016
rotten:
Instead of building tension, "The Whole Truth" lets it bleed out.
– Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Oct 2016
rotten:
The film's bleached colors and Reeves' trademark woodenness add to its emotional remoteness, though Basso, Zellweger and Belushi create a convincing family in crisis.