The Secrets We Keep

Bleecker Street | Release Date: September 16, 2020

5.6	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Ratings

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darkbloodshed13Sep 22, 2020

The Secrets We Keep is a film directed Yuval Adler and is about a Maja, played by Noomi Rapace, who in a post WWII america runs into a man she believes committed an heinous crime against her during the war. This film has a lot of potential,The Secrets We Keep is a film directed Yuval Adler and is about a Maja, played by Noomi Rapace, who in a post WWII america runs into a man she believes committed an heinous crime against her during the war. This film has a lot of potential, the set up and concept could have made for great film. Plus the acting was solid. Yet this film falls a little pit short of greatness. The film tries to build up reveals, yet accidentally shows the big reveal early. Add that to the fact that the actual story of the film is pretty boring you have to wonder what made them decide play this film the way they did. They try to make us feel for all party's involved but fail to give them all equal screen time. In conclusion this film isn't bad by any definition but it just could have been so much better.… Expand

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MarkTakayamaFeb 19, 2022

I liked it. I love Noomi. She did a great job. Joel Kinnaman who played Thomas was also good. I loved the plot. I was wondering if Maja was right or not. You will find the answer at the end of the film.

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JLuis_001Sep 27, 2020

I have no problem with exploitation films. A lot of them are quite interesting and entertaining, but I do have a problem with this one because of the way it takes his crucial narrative element to make it look more ceremonial than it reallyI have no problem with exploitation films. A lot of them are quite interesting and entertaining, but I do have a problem with this one because of the way it takes his crucial narrative element to make it look more ceremonial than it really is.
And that is that the reason behind the violence is revenge rooted in an event that occurred in the Holocaust.

The Secrets We Keep is a remake of Roman Polanski's Death and the Maiden and although that film is hardly memorable, you can tell the difference between the directors and when I mention that, I don't mean it because the story is necessarily bad, its problem is that it never works convincingly.

The performances are not bad either, but they fail to create a believable atmosphere and what remains is not satisfactory and sadly the film resorts to the sad fact that you have to accept what follows without an option and needs you to avoid asking why they couldn't do it in a more intelligent way.

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Mauro_LanariFeb 9, 2021

(Mauro Lanari)
Regardless of its similarities to any other film (which I haven't seen), if you watch this on its own it's a static chamber drama, devoid of inventiveness or tension and with an ethically questionable epilogue. Cruel,(Mauro Lanari)
Regardless of its similarities to any other film (which I haven't seen), if you watch this on its own it's a static chamber drama, devoid of inventiveness or tension and with an ethically questionable epilogue. Cruel, justicialist, revengeful, it's unable to take a clear position on the behavior of the perfect American husband, the real protagonist of the film, the main character in the midst of victim and perpetrator.… Expand

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