Stink! Director, Jon Whelan, talking about the “Fragrance Loophole”
What the critics are saying about Stink!
“Way more emotionally affecting” than early Michael Moore.
Gadfly doc ‘Stink!’ asks why there’s nasty chemicals in all our products.”
– Village Voice
– Village Voice
“sensible and unnerving” “heartfelt” “…Jon Stewart…would probably approve of Stink!”
Review: A Whiff of Hidden Toxins in ‘Stink!’
– NYT
– NYT
“That yucky body spray could actually kill somebody.”
Stink!’: Film Review
– Hollywood Reporter
– Hollywood Reporter
The foul odor of Jon Whelan’s son’s pajamas sends the filmmaker on a Michael Moore-like investigation into the source. He follows the scent from the retailer, to various laboratories, to corporate offices and finally to the US Congress. That’s a lot of stink. Whelan’s premise might be the stuff of farce, but what he uncovers is more than just a bad smell.
GlobeDocs festival celebrates the Hub of filmmaking.
– Boston Globe
– Boston Globe
Everyone should see Stink!
“..gripping and maddening “
Jon J. Whelan’s ‘Stink!’ on a crusade to clear the air over lax laws
– LA Times
– LA Times
Appalling Doc ‘Stink!’ Exposes What ‘Fragrance’ on an Ingredient List Really Means
Stink! Review
“[Stink!’s] arguments regarding toxic chemical pollutants found in everyday products are lucid and reasonable to the point of being inarguable…setting [it] apart from the formulaic activist-doc pack.” “[Stink!] carries with it the unassailable whiff of common sense.”
Jon J. Whelan goes all Michael Moore on the fragrance industry and the harmful chemicals it peddles.
– Variety
– Variety
“Stink! is both engaging and entertaining”
Documentary Review: ‘Stink!’ Exposes Hidden Toxins In Consumer Goods
– Red Carpet Crash
– Red Carpet Crash
“Jon Whelan’s Stink! is the kind of film that keeps you on the edge of your seat.”
Stink! : A Film Exposing the Dirty Secrets of the Chemical Industry
– The Cultureist
– The Cultureist
Stink! will terrify you
Fracking and Fragrance Share Some of the Same Chemicals: The Documentary ‘Stink!’ Will Terrify You
– Fan Girl Nation
– Fan Girl Nation
“Engaging, enlightening, and scary as hell”
Movie Review: Stink!
– Worley Gig
– Worley Gig
he’s reminiscent of a low-key Morgan Spurlock or a more affable Michael Moore.
Something Rotten
– Art for Progress
– Art for Progress
Breezy, Michael Moore-ish environmental documentary by a non-tree-hugging venture capitalist advocates for disclosure of carcinogenic chemicals in everyday products.
Stink!: Breezy, Michael Moore-ish environmental documentary by a non-tree-hugging venture capitalist advocates for disclosure of carcinogenic chemicals in everyday products.
– Film Journal
– Film Journal
A movie that stinks . . . the five-star description for ‘Stink!’
Stink! is enough to get you off your ass and onto the streets in protest.
Jon J. Whelan’s STINK! proves a fine American answer to the European doc, Our Daily Poison
– Trust Movies
– Trust Movies
[Whelan’s} message is also timely, as calls for fragrance disclosure and more stringent cosmetic regulation seem to gain in volume every year.
Editorial: ‘Stink!’ Documentary On Fragrance Ills Presents Nothing New, Effectively
– The Rose Sheet
– The Rose Sheet
It’s True: Everything Stinks
‘Stink! The Movie’ Review
– Organic Authority
– Organic Authority
Stink! Review
Of Ingredients, Greed and Expediency: Big Chem and the Big Stink
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Awards and Official Selections
- Sedona International Film Festival – Directors’ Choice Award
- Massachusetts
- Memphis
- Macro
- Philadelphia
- SpotLight Documentary