The Secrets We Keep

Name: The Secrets We Keep
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: September 16, 2020
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 48
Cast: Amy Seimetz, Chris Messina, David Maldonado, Ed Amatrudo, Jackson Dean Vincent

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Bleecker Street | Release Date: September 16, 2020 | R

Starring: Amy Seimetz, Chris Messina, David Maldonado, Ed Amatrudo, Jackson Dean Vincent, Jeff Pope, Joel Kinnaman, Kadrolsha Ona Carole, Lucy Faust, Madison Paige Jones, Miluette Nalin, Noomi Rapace, Ritchie Montgomery, Victoria Hill

Summary: In post-WWII America, a woman (Noomi Rapace), rebuilding her life in the suburbs with her husband (Chris Messina), kidnaps her neighbor (Joel Kinnaman) and seeks vengeance for the heinous war crimes she believes he committed against her.

Director: Yuval Adler

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller

Rating: R

Runtime: 97 min

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Matthew Monagle

Sep 17, 2020

With a small cast and a handful of locations – the only other character of note is Rachel (Seimetz), Thomas’ unsuspecting wife – The Secrets We Keep blends the best of B-movie thrillers and black box theatre. Read full review

Kevin Crust

Sep 16, 2020

The genre elements are nicely balanced by the adult drama embodied in the lead quartet’s performances, especially Rapace’s turn that is part femme fatale, part damaged soul. Read full review

Kim Hughes

Oct 22, 2020

Approached with a casual regard for logic, period thriller The Secrets We Keep is entertaining enough to recommend though it never feels quite as original or shocking as the filmmakers — working with a plainly Hitchcockian roadmap — likely hoped for. Read full review

The Film Stage Christian Gallichio

Sep 17, 2020

The Secrets We Keep is a film in search of a more coherent message. Read full review

Barry Hertz

Oct 14, 2020

A solid, well-acted, and slightly predictable drama of morals whose novelty evaporates once you realize that the general beats of the story itself have been presented before, to far more haunting effect. Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

Sep 24, 2020

A listless, half-baked, vaguely Hitchcockian thriller about a Romani Holocaust survivor. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Glenn Kenny

Sep 16, 2020

While I rather doubt that co-writer/director Yuval Adler pitched his new picture as “'Death and the Maiden' meets ‘Leave it to Beaver,’” that sure is what he ended up with, conceptually at least. Read full review

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MarkTakayama

Feb 19, 2022

I liked it. I love Noomi. She did a great job. Joel Kinnaman who played Thomas was also good. I loved the plot. I was wondering if Maja was right or not. You will find the answer at the end of the film.

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darkbloodshed13

Sep 22, 2020

The Secrets We Keep is a film directed Yuval Adler and is about a Maja, played by Noomi Rapace, who in a post WWII america runs into a man she believes committed an heinous crime against her during the war. This film has a lot of potential, the set up and concept could have made for greatThe Secrets We Keep is a film directed Yuval Adler and is about a Maja, played by Noomi Rapace, who in a post WWII america runs into a man she believes committed an heinous crime against her during the war. This film has a lot of potential, the set up and concept could have made for great film. Plus the acting was solid. Yet this film falls a little pit short of greatness. The film tries to build up reveals, yet accidentally shows the big reveal early. Add that to the fact that the actual story of the film is pretty boring you have to wonder what made them decide play this film the way they did. They try to make us feel for all party's involved but fail to give them all equal screen time. In conclusion this film isn't bad by any definition but it just could have been so much better.… Expand

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JLuis_001

Sep 27, 2020

I have no problem with exploitation films. A lot of them are quite interesting and entertaining, but I do have a problem with this one because of the way it takes his crucial narrative element to make it look more ceremonial than it really is.
And that is that the reason behind the violenceI have no problem with exploitation films. A lot of them are quite interesting and entertaining, but I do have a problem with this one because of the way it takes his crucial narrative element to make it look more ceremonial than it really is.
And that is that the reason behind the violence is revenge rooted in an event that occurred in the Holocaust.

The Secrets We Keep is a remake of Roman Polanski's Death and the Maiden and although that film is hardly memorable, you can tell the difference between the directors and when I mention that, I don't mean it because the story is necessarily bad, its problem is that it never works convincingly.

The performances are not bad either, but they fail to create a believable atmosphere and what remains is not satisfactory and sadly the film resorts to the sad fact that you have to accept what follows without an option and needs you to avoid asking why they couldn't do it in a more intelligent way.

What a disappointment.… Expand

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Mauro_Lanari

Feb 9, 2021

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Regardless of its similarities to any other film (which I haven't seen), if you watch this on its own it's a static chamber drama, devoid of inventiveness or tension and with an ethically questionable epilogue. Cruel, justicialist, revengeful, it's unable to take a clear(Mauro Lanari)
Regardless of its similarities to any other film (which I haven't seen), if you watch this on its own it's a static chamber drama, devoid of inventiveness or tension and with an ethically questionable epilogue. Cruel, justicialist, revengeful, it's unable to take a clear position on the behavior of the perfect American husband, the real protagonist of the film, the main character in the midst of victim and perpetrator.… Expand

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