The Whole Truth (2016) Reviews & Ratings

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The Whole Truth reviews

The Whole Truth holds a 6.6/10 average from 1,295 TMDB ratings.

**...Or the whole lie!** It's a courtroom drama, about a murder mystery of a wealthy lawyer. It opened with a defense attorney voicing his 17 year old boy client suspected of murder of his own father. The boy had not spoken ever since the incident, so his lawyer does not know how to build the case and defend him. Seems no one know what happened except the boy, so proving he's an innocent becomes their tough nut to c…
— Reno (5/10)

A decent but ultimately forgettable legal drama that shows promise but fails to fully deliver. Worth a watch for genre fans, but temper your expectations. 6/10. The script presents a good core idea but needed more refinement. The final twist, while not terrible, doesn't deliver the satisfying payoff the buildup suggests. Interestingly, this might have worked better as a a type of series, where the characters could h…
— Andre Wilfred Sanders (6/10)

A defense attorney works to get his teenage client acquitted of murdering his wealthy father.

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