Secret Things

Name: Secret Things
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Comedy, Romance
Released: January 2, 2004
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 55

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First Run Features | Release Date: January 2, 2004 | Unrated

Summary: After they are both fired, two penniless but shapely young French women set out to climb the social ladder by manipulating men.

Director: Jean-Claude Brisseau

Genre(s): Drama, Fantasy, Comedy, Romance

Rating: Unrated

Runtime: 115 min

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Scott Foundas

Though his work has been little seen outside of France, writer-director Jean-Claude Brisseau's reputation as one of the most terribles of his country's filmmaking enfants precedes him. This 2002 film offers ample evidence as to why. Read full review

Lisa Nesselson

There's plenty for both the eyes and intellect to groove over in Secret Things, a taut, juicy, low-key feast of sexual and office politics filtered through helmer Jean-Claude Brisseau's customary blend of expedient formality and all-stops-out baroque behavior. Read full review

Roger Ebert

A rare item these days: An erotic film made well enough to keep us interested. It's about beautiful people, has a lot of nudity, and the sex is as explicit as possible this side of porno. Read full review

Frank Scheck

While visually stylish and thematically ambitious, Secret Things is ultimately more preposterous than provocative, its vague explorations of sexual and class struggle failing to coalesce in a coherent manner. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

Skids into absurdity, but it never quite gets boring. Movies like this rarely are. Read full review

Allison Benedikt

Trashy porno pretending to be deep. Read full review

V.A. Musetto

Silly and pointless film. Read full review

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Biggun

Dec 30, 2022

Le meilleur de Brisseau même mieux que Noce Blanche. C'est un film sur l'envie de la réussite et les limites qu'on s'y fixe ou non. C'est troublant cynique jusqu'à son paroxysme. Les scènes de nudité sont crues et explicites et les actrices les mènent avec brio.

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True2myself

Jun 29, 2011

I watched this movie by chance and asked myself what message it is giving to the society in large. Is french culture at its nadir. I hate this kind of movies. There is incestuous relationship shown, so is the orgy stuff. Wow French guys you are actually gearing up to see chaos in the world.I watched this movie by chance and asked myself what message it is giving to the society in large. Is french culture at its nadir. I hate this kind of movies. There is incestuous relationship shown, so is the orgy stuff. Wow French guys you are actually gearing up to see chaos in the world. nothing else. Why are you making the God's beautiful thing so called Sex and love in such dirtiest way.

Alas.. forgive these people..… Expand

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iAGR

Sep 11, 2012

I was made to believe that this was a romantic film about lesbians, but apparently not. Turns out that it was a sick, weird and psychedelic film that was really hard to follow. Everything about this film was bad-- except for the very few lesbian scenes. Don't watch this, it's not worth it.

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