The Ignorant Fairies
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  • Summary: When a ten-year marriage ends with the death of the husband in a car crash, the distraught wife discovers her husband had a male lover. Against all odds, they become friends.

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  1. Positive: 14 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 16
  3. Negative: 1 out of 16
  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    90
    This graceful and wise film moves to its denouement with subtlety and, at its end, strikes a note that seems just right for all that has gone before.
  2. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Chuck Wilson
    80
    Moving and vibrant Italian-language film.
  3. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Edward Guthmann
    50
    Pure of intention and passably diverting, His Secret Life is light, innocuous and unremarkable.
  4. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    38
    Director Ferzan Ozpetek's film doesn't break any new ground; rather, it recycles every cliché about gays in what is essentially an extended soap opera.

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