Advanced Search Beta »
Basic Search Fields
A Secret
A Secret Image
See the trailer
Metascore
72 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critics What's this?

User Score
5.8 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 5 Ratings

Your Score
10 out of 10
Rate this:
  • Summary: A Secret follows the saga of a Jewish family in post-World War II Paris. François, a solitary, imaginative child, invents for himself a brother as well as the story of his parents` past. But on his fifteenth birthday, he discovers a dark family secret that ties his family`s history to the Holocaust and shatters his illusions forever. Adapted from Philippe Grimbert`s celebrated truth-inspired novel, Memory. (Strand Releasing)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    100
    A complicated family story that takes place in three distinct time periods, and that's handled with astonishing ease and fluidity by director Claude Miller.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    88
    A gripping mystery and an ever-timely reminder of the terrible power of repression and silence.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jami Bernard
    60
    Beautifully acted and exquisitely photographed, director Claude Miller's superb drama, from Philippe Grimbert's autobiographical novel, is awash with the ripples created by unlived lives.

See all 15 Critic Reviews

User Reviews

Write a Review
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 2 out of 2
  1. KenG
    2
    I suppose there is an interesting story to tell here, but this movie tells it in such a tedious and (unnecessarily) round-about way, that it sucks all the poignancy, pathos, and power right out of this story.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. SusanC.
    1
    Please, don't waste two hours of your lifetime watching this movie.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

Trailers