An Open Secret

Name: An Open Secret
Genre: Documentary
Released: June 5, 2015
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 66

2015

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Rocky Mountain Pictures | Release Date: June 5, 2015 | R

Summary: An investigation into accusations of teenagers being sexually abused within the film industry.

Director: Amy Berg

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: R

Runtime: 99 min

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The Playlist Rodrigo Perez

Dec 2, 2014

Meticulously crafted and investigated (and no doubt heavily vetted by lawyers), Berg brings a sobering solemnity to a very grave matter, but also lends a dignity to its subjects without pandering. Read full review

IndieWire Greg Cwik

Dec 2, 2014

An Open Secret is an incisive and utterly unflinching look at a subject too rarely scrutinized. Read full review

John DeFore

Dec 2, 2014

Berg's film is very tightly focused, examining just one arena of abuse and dutifully addressing only cases in which an accuser is willing to appear on camera. Read full review

Ronnie Scheib

Dec 2, 2014

The amazing invincibility of Hollywood-entrenched pedophiles creates a thematic unity of its own in Berg’s otherwise somewhat shakily constructed film. Read full review

Ken Jaworowski

Jun 11, 2015

An Open Secret is affecting, particularly when the victims recount their experiences in voices that crack with emotion or pause with pain. Even if you do look away, hearing them speak is enough. Read full review

Joe Neumaier

Jun 17, 2015

Most of the young men interviewed by Berg will be seen, and heard, by many audiences for the first time. Their voices are hard to forget. Read full review

Mike D'Angelo

Jun 3, 2015

The open secret in Amy Berg’s documentary An Open Secret is that child actors are regularly molested by the adults — managers, publicists, producers — who help them launch their careers. Such an important subject deserves a serious, thoughtful film. Instead, it got Berg (Deliver Us From Evil, West of Memphis), who’s prone to all manner of cheesy manipulation. Read full review

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