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  • 2015
  • R
  • Starz Digital Media
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2015
  • R
  • Starz Digital Media
  • 1 h 33 m

Summary Detective Nancy Porter (Elizabeth Banks) is still haunted by her failure to save the life of a missing child from the hands of two young girls. Eight years later, another child goes missing in the same town just days after Ronnie and Alice (Dakota Fanning and newcomer Danielle Macdonald), the two girls convicted of the former crime, were...

Directed By: Amy Berg

Written By: Nicole Holofcener, Laura Lippman

  • 2015
  • R
  • Starz Digital Media
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2015
  • R
  • Starz Digital Media
  • 1 h 33 m

Every Secret Thing

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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Summary Detective Nancy Porter (Elizabeth Banks) is still haunted by her failure to save the life of a missing child from the hands of two young girls. Eight years later, another child goes missing in the same town just days after Ronnie and Alice (Dakota Fanning and newcomer Danielle Macdonald), the two girls convicted of the former crime, were...

Directed By: Amy Berg

Written By: Nicole Holofcener, Laura Lippman

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20% Negative
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80
May 14, 2015
[Amy Berg's] instincts about how to pace a true story serve her well with this imaginary one, and so do the performances by Ms. Fanning and especially Ms. Macdonald.
By Neil Genzlinger FULL REVIEW
63
May 14, 2015
Which one of these women is the most irredeemable? Coming to grips with that question is what gives the flawed but fascinating Every Secret Thing its power to haunt.
By Peter Travers FULL REVIEW
50
May 14, 2015
Every Secret Thing is a small, well-crafted film with a few chilling moments and some fine performances, but it’s a muddled, pedestrian crime thriller.
By Richard Roeper FULL REVIEW
50
May 13, 2015
It’s described as a smart, suspenseful psychological thriller, but there’s nothing smart about it, and as an alleged thriller, when the mysteries are explained in a twist finale, it could use a psychologist of its own. The only suspense is waiting to see if Diane Lane’s reputation will survive.
By Rex Reed FULL REVIEW
40
May 14, 2015
Despite the strenuous efforts of all involved, Every Secret Thing never manages to overcome its overwhelming air of artsy pretension.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
38
May 15, 2015
What went wrong? How did so many talented people devote their time and energy to a film that came out this generic, dull, and flat?
By Brian Tallerico FULL REVIEW
20
May 14, 2015
Diane Lane has about 15 minutes of underwritten screen time as Helen, Alice’s tart, art-teacher mother. A wooden Elizabeth Banks is the detective who cracked the original case and now heads up the new one. She thought she could handle it. She can’t.
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Production Company Hyde Park Entertainment, Likely Story, Merced Media Partners, PalmStar Media
Release Date May 15, 2015
Duration 1 h 33 m
Rating R
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Tagline Don't look away for even a second.
Website https://www.facebook.com/EverySecretThing
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