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The Whisper Man (2026 Netflix)

Posted on 8/30/26 at 6:29 pm
Posted by ATLTiger24
Member since May 2007
558 posts
Posted on 8/30/26 at 6:29 pm
Attempted Netflix mash-up of Kiss the Girls and Silence of the Lambs.

DeNiro is way past his prime but his scenes with Michael Keaton were fun to watch. The cowardice and incompetence of the father (Adam Scott) and investigating detective (Michele Monaghan) were grating but better than the typical female supercop trope.

Reasonable C- movie with a few quality scenes. Worth the Netflix viewing, I think.

Posted by Dr RC
The Money Pit
Member since Aug 2011
62207 posts
Posted on 8/30/26 at 7:09 pm to
I thought the acting was solid by everyone but the pacing felt disjointed, it became fairly predictable by the midpoint, and the ending was ridiculous. Some decent ideas but all but one of the best moments were given away in the trailer. Maybe something was lost in translation from the book to the movie but the synopsis sounds to me like the book has the same issues I disliked from the movie.

C is a fair grade.
This post was edited on 8/31/26 at 2:18 am
Posted by The Eric
Member since Sep 2008
25552 posts
Posted on 8/30/26 at 7:39 pm to
Watched today with wife.

Decent film. Held our attention. Not gonna win awards and will likely be a movie we pull up in a few years to watch forgetting we’d already seen it until 10 minutes in.
Posted by Easye921
Mobile
Member since Jan 2013
3421 posts
Posted on 8/31/26 at 7:26 am to
Yeah it was da good movie., but I figured who the killer was pretty quick. Enjoyable movie tho.
Posted by hogfly
Fayetteville, AR
Member since May 2014
5390 posts
Posted on 8/31/26 at 12:36 pm to
It was fine. Not enough creepy or scary moments compared to what I was expecting, and the killer was really predictable at a certain point. Best moment was when DeNiro finally laid it out for Keaton, as you could tell Deniro's character had been holding back that psychological evisceration for years.
Posted by ATrillionaire
Houston
Member since Sep 2008
4025 posts
Posted on 8/31/26 at 11:04 pm to
Was fine until the last few scenes. Leaving an unobstructed death trap in a room your kid has access to is certainly a head scratcher.
Posted by Magnus
San Diego
Member since Sep 2019
2205 posts
Posted on 9/1/26 at 10:21 am to
Adam Scott loves playing nerdy writers in films...Hookum and now this lol
Posted by CubanSaint
Member since May 2013
1086 posts
Posted on 9/1/26 at 9:00 pm to
I was pretty disappointed overall. The DeNiro/Keaton scenes were pretty awesome though.
This post was edited on 9/1/26 at 9:01 pm
Posted by butters stotch
Southpark, CO
Member since Sep 2008
46 posts
Posted on 9/1/26 at 9:40 pm to
I thought it was pretty bad
Posted by Translator
Member since May 2025
1401 posts
Posted on 9/1/26 at 11:22 pm to
6/10 for me. Good ideas, just some poor execution. A comparison for me would be "Prisoners" which is far superior, the characters really grabbed my attention... they did with TWM too, just not long enough. Somehow I tuned out seeing De Niro as De Niro
Posted by Big Gorilla
Bossier City
Member since Oct 2020
6679 posts
Posted on 9/2/26 at 6:42 am to
C is generous. The movie overall was just not very good. Acting was above average, certainly not great, and the story was poor.
Posted by Floating Change Up
Member since Dec 2013
13251 posts
Posted on 9/2/26 at 2:48 pm to
quote:

DeNiro


Posted by i am dan
NC
Member since Aug 2011
33157 posts
Posted on 9/8/26 at 3:08 pm to
Wife and I watched it last night.

Adam Scott's character kinda pissed me off most of the movie.

Had some really good scenes. The Michael Keaton scenes were great.

A little predictable. Felt there were a couple of inconsistencies. Good acting.

Not a bad watch at all though. We enjoyed it.
This post was edited on 9/8/26 at 3:10 pm
Posted by ColonelAngus
Huntsville,AL
Member since Aug 2023
1099 posts
Posted on 9/8/26 at 3:31 pm to
Very boring.
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