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- 2004
- Unrated
- First Run Features
- 1 h 55 m
- 2004
- Unrated
- First Run Features
- 1 h 55 m
Summary After they are both fired, two penniless but shapely young French women set out to climb the social ladder by manipulating men.
Directed By: Jean-Claude Brisseau
Written By: Jean-Claude Brisseau
- 2004
- Unrated
- First Run Features
- 1 h 55 m
- 2004
- Unrated
- First Run Features
- 1 h 55 m
Secret Things
55
6.6
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Summary After they are both fired, two penniless but shapely young French women set out to climb the social ladder by manipulating men.
Directed By: Jean-Claude Brisseau
Written By: Jean-Claude Brisseau
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
55
45% Positive
9 Reviews
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35% Mixed
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20% Negative
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4 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
55
45% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
35% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
20% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
There's plenty for both the eyes and intellect to groove over in Secret Things, a taut, juicy, low-key feast of sexual and office politics filtered through helmer Jean-Claude Brisseau's customary blend of expedient formality and all-stops-out baroque behavior.
A rare item these days: An erotic film made well enough to keep us interested. It's about beautiful people, has a lot of nudity, and the sex is as explicit as possible this side of porno.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 User Ratings
6.6
40% Positive
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 User Ratings
6.6
40% Positive
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60% Mixed
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Not a great movie, but its daring and seriousness, its refusal to take refuge in the sort of irony that diminishes whatever it touches, its willingness to risk ludicrousness, may be elements that are necessary to achieve greatness.
While visually stylish and thematically ambitious, Secret Things is ultimately more preposterous than provocative, its vague explorations of sexual and class struggle failing to coalesce in a coherent manner.
Neil LaBute on his worst day couldn't devise a scenario so primitive in its psychology and predictable in its sense of sin.
Hints at a place where desire, fear, pleasure, and power all intersect, but it never actually goes there.
Silly and pointless film.
Production Company
Les Aventuriers de l'Image,
La Sorcière Rouge,
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
Release Date Jan 2, 2004
Duration 1 h 55 m
Rating Unrated
Tagline The delectably twisted fable centers on two penniless but shapely young women who set out to better their social station by manipulating men.
Awards
Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Cahiers du Cinéma
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
