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Don't Tell (La Bestia nel Cuore)

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Don't Tell (La Bestia nel Cuore) 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)

What The Critics Said

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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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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.

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