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Don't Tell (La Bestia nel Cuore)
Lionsgate

Don't Tell (La Bestia nel Cuore) reviews
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Metascore: 52 Metascore out of 100
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MPAA 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)


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: DVD: August 15, 2006 
Theatrical: March 17, 2006 
RUNNING TIME: 120 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: Italy / UK / France / Spain 
LANGUAGE(S): Italian (with English subtitles) 

Italian title translated as "The Beast in the Heart"; Nominated, Best Foreign Language Film of the Year (Italy), 78th Annual Academy Awards

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80
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.
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75
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.
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70
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.
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63
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.
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63
TV Guide Ken Fox
It's swiftly paced and never dull, but the heavy-handed symbolism comes fast and thick.
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60
Los Angeles Times Kevin Crust
A persuasive if not groundbreaking drama.
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50
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.
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50
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.
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40
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.
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38
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.
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