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Don't Tell (La Bestia nel Cuore)

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Based on 10 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Drama | Foreign
Written by:
Cristina Comencini (also story and novel)
Giulia Calenda (also story)
Francesca Marciano (also story)
Directed by: Cristina Comencini
Release Date:
Theatrical: March 17, 2006
DVD: August 15, 2006
Running Time: 120 minutes, Color
Origin: Italy / UK / France / Spain
Language(s): Italian (with English subtitles)
Summary
RATING: R for sexual content, nudity, language and a brief violent image
Starring Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Alessio Boni, Stefania Rocca, Angela Finocchiaro, Giuseppe Battiston, Luigi Lo Cascio, Valerio Binasco, Francesca Inaudi, and Lucy Akhurst
Based on the celebrated Italian novel "La Bestia nel Cuore," Don't Tell is the mesmerizing story of a woman's journey into her past and the aftermath of confronting personal demons long hidden beneath the surface of her psyche. (Lions Gate Entertainment)
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What The Critics Said
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The Hollywood Reporter Ray Bennett
Powerfully moving but laced with incisive wit, Don't Tell has terrific performances with a wise tone and polished look.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Ruthe Stein
Don't Tell often has the eerie feel of a Hitchcock film -- "Vertigo" in particular -- where you're not always sure if what you're seeing is really happening.
Read Full Review >Variety Deborah Young
More than in her previous tales of dysfunctional families like "Marriages," she (Comencini) lightens the weight of angst with well-designed subplots, secondary characters and moments of tender humor.
Read Full Review >USA Today Claudia Puig
Has strong performances, but the story takes too long to get off the ground. And once it does, it is told in a way that occasionally drags and goes off in meandering directions.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Ken Fox
It's swiftly paced and never dull, but the heavy-handed symbolism comes fast and thick.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Michael Atkinson
As is typical of contemporary Italian movies, every one of Comencini's women seems on the verge of a hysterical collapse.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Ella Taylor
Don’t Tell is intelligent on the schizoid mental strategies of incestuous families, but its style and mood are so heavily drawn from television soap opera, I found myself more absorbed in the seriocomic lesbian subplot that rambles along entertainingly, if irrelevantly, on the periphery.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Stephen Holden
Don't Tell, which was unaccountably nominated for an Oscar for best foreign language film, is no better than a second-tier candidate for the Lifetime Channel.
Read Full Review >New York Post Kyle Smith
Just because the goods are made in Italy doesn't mean they're designer-quality; Don't Tell is glossy on the outside, cardboard and staples on the inside.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
