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2020
PG
Gravitas Ventures
1 h 47 m

2020
PG
Gravitas Ventures
1 h 47 m

Summary Miranda Wells (Katie Holmes) is a hard-working young widow struggling to raise three children on her own. When a powerful storm brings a devastating challenge and a mysterious man, Bray Johnson (Josh Lucas), into her life, his presence re-ignites the family’s spirit, but he carries a secret—and that secret could change everything.

Directed By: Andy Tennant

Written By: Bekah Brunstetter, Rick Parks, Rhonda Byrne, Andy Tennant

2020
PG
Gravitas Ventures
1 h 47 m

2020
PG
Gravitas Ventures
1 h 47 m

The Secret: Dare to Dream

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews

32

User Score Mixed or Average Based on 19 User Ratings

5.9

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Summary Miranda Wells (Katie Holmes) is a hard-working young widow struggling to raise three children on her own. When a powerful storm brings a devastating challenge and a mysterious man, Bray Johnson (Josh Lucas), into her life, his presence re-ignites the family’s spirit, but he carries a secret—and that secret could change everything.

Directed By: Andy Tennant

Written By: Bekah Brunstetter, Rick Parks, Rhonda Byrne, Andy Tennant

Where to Watch

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Unfavorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews

9% Positive
1 Review

45% Mixed
5 Reviews

45% Negative
5 Reviews

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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Unfavorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews

9% Positive
1 Review

45% Mixed
5 Reviews

45% Negative
5 Reviews

All Reviews
Positive Reviews
Mixed Reviews
Negative Reviews

Arizona Republic

Jul 30, 2020

Once you start this film, you might not want it to end.

By Elizabeth Montgomery FULL REVIEW

Jul 30, 2020

Hopefully the deceptively stern ideological stance of The Secret has been dampened enough by Tennant and his cast’s efforts (the great Celia Weston is also a standout as Miranda’s hovering, lightly nagging mother-in-law) that only the better, more wanly encouraging notes of its decidedly capitalist fantasy will linger in people’s minds.

By Richard Lawson FULL REVIEW

User Reviews

User Score

Mixed or Average Based on 19 User Ratings

47% Positive
9 Ratings

26% Mixed
5 Ratings

26% Negative
5 Ratings

All Reviews
Positive Reviews
Mixed Reviews
Negative Reviews

User Reviews

User Score

Mixed or Average Based on 19 User Ratings

47% Positive
9 Ratings

26% Mixed
5 Ratings

26% Negative
5 Ratings

All Reviews
Positive Reviews
Mixed Reviews
Negative Reviews

Nov 26, 2020

Speechless. An absolute beautiful movie. People like Gpersinger that give it a 1 have completely lost their mind and have no heart whatsoever.

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Aug 15, 2020

Loved it, not for cynics. I would watch it again. It’s a state of mind. Definitely recommend.

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Aug 1, 2020

The Secret: Dare to Dream at best feels like a tepid distraction even for those receptive to its blueprint, far from the stuff that dreams are made of.

By Brian Lowry FULL REVIEW

Jul 30, 2020

It’s mostly kind of tolerable in a low stakes, rosé-wine-swigging way, inoffensively middling rather than rotten, an easy, undemanding afternoon watch with nothing of note other than a few laughably dumb moments..

By Benjamin Lee FULL REVIEW

Los Angeles Times

Jul 30, 2020

It’s competent filmmaking in the service of lousy storytelling.

By Kevin Crust FULL REVIEW

Aug 3, 2020

There is nothing new, exciting or particularly challenging about what The Secret: Dare to Dream is selling.

By Christy Lemire FULL REVIEW

Jul 30, 2020

Dare To Dream delivers The Secret‘s philosophy in classic Nicholas Sparks movie format, complete with deferred scholarships, single mothers finding love, and copious Spanish moss.

By Vince Mancini FULL REVIEW

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Aug 12, 2020

A beautiful and uplifting movie with great actors... A breath of fresh air! :)

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Aug 19, 2020

While admittedly schmaltzy, sometimes predictable, cloyingly cheerful and thinly written, this long-simmering love story based on the metaphysical teachings of the wildly successful self-help video and book "The Secret" is clearly an easy target for cynical critics and skeptics of the material's basic premises. What's more, the look and feel of the film often seem like something straight off The Hallmark Channel or Lifetime Television. Nevertheless, this crowd-pleasing take on law of attraction philosophy does a more than capable job of illustrating its rudimentary principles without belaboring the "teaching" aspect, working its ideas into the narrative seamlessly, subtly and effectively. This is not groundbreaking cinema, but it is by far one of the best fictionalized cinematic adaptations of self-help material for the big screen that I have ever seen. Even if somewhat sappy, it's refreshing to see an uplifting release come along that offers viewers hope and inspiration during trying times -- or any time for that matter.

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Feb 14, 2023

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

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Oct 3, 2020

(Mauro Lanari) Even a silly love story would be useful to return to address outstanding issues such as the neoprotagorism from wishful thinking to von Foerster's radical constructivism, by his own admission direct child of Fichte's magical idealism. But Tucker's sacrifice for the happiness of others fu*ks everything up.

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Nov 16, 2020

I thought the ending was cringeworthy as hell and it felt like the love connection was forced in there. The kids were either horrible actors or the material they had to work with was horrible, probably the material!

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Production Company TRI G, Savvy Media Holdings, Covert Media, Illumination Productions, Prairie Pictures, Roadside Attractions, Robert Cort Productions, Shine Box Media Group, StormStock

Release Date Jul 31, 2020

Duration 1 h 47 m

Rating PG

Genres

Website https://www.facebook.com/thesecretdaretodream

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Awards

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

• 1 Nomination

Razzie Awards

• 1 Nomination

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