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Don't Tell
Metascore
52 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
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  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Ray Bennett
    80
    Powerfully moving but laced with incisive wit, Don't Tell has terrific performances with a wise tone and polished look.
  2. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Ruthe Stein
    75
    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.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Deborah Young
    70
    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.
  4. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    63
    It's swiftly paced and never dull, but the heavy-handed symbolism comes fast and thick.
  5. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Claudia Puig
    63
    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.
  6. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Crust
    60
    A persuasive if not groundbreaking drama.
  7. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ella Taylor
    50
    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.
  8. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    50
    As is typical of contemporary Italian movies, every one of Comencini's women seems on the verge of a hysterical collapse.
  9. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    40
    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.
  10. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    38
    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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