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  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Argot Pictures
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Argot Pictures
  • 1 h 25 m

Summary JFK High School, located in the midst of a run-down area in Newark, New Jersey, is a public school for all types of students with special education needs, ranging from those on the autism spectrum to those with multiple disabilities. Janet Mino has taught her class of young men with autism for four years. When they all graduate in the sp...

Directed By: Samantha Buck

Written By: Zeke Farrow, Francisco Bello, Samantha Buck

  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Argot Pictures
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Argot Pictures
  • 1 h 25 m

Best Kept Secret

Metascore Universal Acclaim
100
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 41 User Ratings
6.4
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Summary JFK High School, located in the midst of a run-down area in Newark, New Jersey, is a public school for all types of students with special education needs, ranging from those on the autism spectrum to those with multiple disabilities. Janet Mino has taught her class of young men with autism for four years. When they all graduate in the sp...

Directed By: Samantha Buck

Written By: Zeke Farrow, Francisco Bello, Samantha Buck

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Metascore
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100
Sep 11, 2013
At once heartbreaking and uplifting.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
100
Sep 10, 2013
If Secret can leave the viewer despairing, it's also hugely inspiring, thanks to Mino. She's one of the cinematic heroines of the year.
By Ernest Hardy FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 41 User Ratings
6.4
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5% Mixed
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32% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 41 User Ratings
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63% Positive
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5% Mixed
2 Ratings
32% Negative
13 Ratings

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100
Sep 5, 2013
Best Kept Secret is an exemplary documentary: It spotlights an important issue yet never seeks to squeeze the truth into an easily digestible narrative frame. Instead it expands its storytelling to the boundaries of messy, joyful and painful reality.
By Miriam Bale FULL REVIEW
100
Sep 5, 2013
This is no sappy portrait of a saint: Mino is tenacious, critical and defensive, and in one memorable scene, a colleague tries to get her to face reality about what the real world holds for their students after graduation.
By Annlee Ellingson FULL REVIEW
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Production Company BKS Film, Occasional Giant Beard
Release Date Sep 6, 2013
Duration 1 h 25 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://bestkeptsecretfilm.com/
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Awards

Peabody Awards
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Independent Film Festival of Boston
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Gotham Awards
• 1 Nomination

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