Official THE WHOLE TRUTH Trailer Witness the official THE WHOLE TRUTH trailer! The film, directed by Courtney Hunt (Frozen River), stars Keanu Reeves, Renée Zellweger, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and Jim Belushi. THE WHOLE TRUTH will be released in theaters on October 21. Defense attorney Richard Ramsay takes on a personal case when he swears to his widowed friend, Loretta Lassiter, that he will keep her son Mike out of prison. Charged with murdering his father, Mike initially confesses to the crime. But as the trial proceeds, chilling evidence about the kind of man that Boone Lassiter really was comes to light. While Ramsay uses the evidence to get his client acquitted, his new colleague Janelle tries to dig deeper – and begins to realize that the whole truth is something she alone can uncover.