The Secret: Dare to Dream

Name: The Secret: Dare to Dream
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: July 31, 2020
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 32
Cast: Aidan Pierce Brennan, Celia Weston, Chloe Lee, Jerry O'Connell, Josh Lucas

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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews

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Roadside Attractions | Release Date (Streaming): July 31, 2020 | PG

Starring: Aidan Pierce Brennan, Celia Weston, Chloe Lee, Jerry O'Connell, Josh Lucas, Katie Holmes, Katrina Begin, Samantha Beaulieu, Sarah Hoffmeister, Sydney Tennant, Yohance Myles

Summary: Miranda Wells (Katie Holmes) is a hard-working young widow struggling to raise three children on her own. When a powerful storm brings a devastating challenge and a mysterious man, Bray Johnson (Josh Lucas), into her life, his presence re-ignites the family’s spirit, but he carries a secret—and that secret could change everything.

Director: Andy Tennant

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Rating: PG

Runtime: 107 min

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Elizabeth Montgomery

Jul 30, 2020

Once you start this film, you might not want it to end. Read full review

Carla Meyer

Jul 31, 2020

Despite most everything else in the movie being predictable, Bray’s mystery is hard to guess. Read full review

Richard Lawson

Jul 30, 2020

Hopefully the deceptively stern ideological stance of The Secret has been dampened enough by Tennant and his cast’s efforts (the great Celia Weston is also a standout as Miranda’s hovering, lightly nagging mother-in-law) that only the better, more wanly encouraging notes of its decidedly capitalist fantasy will linger in people’s minds. Read full review

The Guardian Benjamin Lee

Jul 30, 2020

It’s mostly kind of tolerable in a low stakes, rosé-wine-swigging way, inoffensively middling rather than rotten, an easy, undemanding afternoon watch with nothing of note other than a few laughably dumb moments.. Read full review

Courtney Howard

Jul 30, 2020

Littered with confounding clichés and hokey devices, director/co-writer Andy Tennant’s feature is the exact inverse of what a passionate romance should aspire to be, let alone one preaching the power of positivity. Read full review

Kevin Crust

Jul 30, 2020

It’s competent filmmaking in the service of lousy storytelling. Read full review

Vince Mancini

Jul 30, 2020

Dare To Dream delivers The Secret‘s philosophy in classic Nicholas Sparks movie format, complete with deferred scholarships, single mothers finding love, and copious Spanish moss. Read full review

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SarahSarah

Aug 12, 2020

A beautiful and uplifting movie with great actors... A breath of fresh air! :)

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RubyK

Aug 15, 2020

Loved it, not for cynics. I would watch it again. It’s a state of mind. Definitely recommend.

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gjhook

Nov 26, 2020

Speechless. An absolute beautiful movie. People like Gpersinger that give it a 1 have completely lost their mind and have no heart whatsoever.

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Brent_Marchant

Aug 19, 2020

While admittedly schmaltzy, sometimes predictable, cloyingly cheerful and thinly written, this long-simmering love story based on the metaphysical teachings of the wildly successful self-help video and book "The Secret" is clearly an easy target for cynical critics and skeptics of theWhile admittedly schmaltzy, sometimes predictable, cloyingly cheerful and thinly written, this long-simmering love story based on the metaphysical teachings of the wildly successful self-help video and book "The Secret" is clearly an easy target for cynical critics and skeptics of the material's basic premises. What's more, the look and feel of the film often seem like something straight off The Hallmark Channel or Lifetime Television. Nevertheless, this crowd-pleasing take on law of attraction philosophy does a more than capable job of illustrating its rudimentary principles without belaboring the "teaching" aspect, working its ideas into the narrative seamlessly, subtly and effectively. This is not groundbreaking cinema, but it is by far one of the best fictionalized cinematic adaptations of self-help material for the big screen that I have ever seen. Even if somewhat sappy, it's refreshing to see an uplifting release come along that offers viewers hope and inspiration during trying times -- or any time for that matter.… Expand

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Reever

Feb 14, 2023

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I've read the critics who basically trashed this movie and Katie Holmes' performance. I mean like you know, gag me with a...

I disagree.

This is a great movie. I generally don't rewatch many movies. Why? Because they're generally so terrible these days. Even the ones I watch are somehow terrible. But this one is not...terrible. As the critics would have you believe. But I'm rewatching this one. I found it midst the wasteland of that screening platform I subscribe to. And I think Holmes is excellent and Josh strong. I'm not familiar with Holmes' work. But I think she nailed this.

That there is a spiritual message? Even better. This is one of those feel-good movies. Rare, as they seem to be a dying breed.

Give this one a chance. Plus...gulp. There's heart ❤️ in this film. How often do you get that? Almost never.

What the heck has happened? Where a good OK maybe great movie gets SO trashed. How can the so called critics be that wrong? Strangeness.… Expand

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Tomasello

Dec 7, 2020

I was prepared to turn this off if it sucked but I found it very endearing, Katie Holmes and the child actors had some strong acting moments and it was a great feel good movie. A couple parts that were a bit predictable but I enjoyed this greatly.

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Gpersinger

Nov 16, 2020

I thought the ending was cringeworthy as hell and it felt like the love connection was forced in there. The kids were either horrible actors or the material they had to work with was horrible, probably the material!

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