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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Image Entertainment
EAN: 0014381499322
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Label: IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
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Manufacturer: IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
MPN: IMEDEUR49936D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 12, 2008
Running Time: 92 minutes
Studio: IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Hannah and benjamin are a happily married couple whose love is tested in ways they never could have imagined. When hannah is killed in a car accident the couples strong bond may be responsible for an unusual twist of fate that keeps their love alive at the expense of their daughter. Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 08/12/2008 Starring: David Duchovny Olivia Thirlby Run time: 92 minutes Rating: R
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Compared to pallid supernatural romances like Ghost, The Secret is a fireball of Freudian pathos about a love triangle between parents Benjamin (David Duchovny) and Hannah Marris (Lili Taylor), and their teenage daughter, Samantha (Olivia Thirlby). Directed by Swiss actor Vincent Perez, The Secret succeeds where other cheesy ghost films fail because there is always the possibility that after Benjamin's wife, Hannah, dies in a car accident and comes back to inhabit her daughter's body, Benjamin will be lured into his daughter's arms by sheer grief commingled with desire. The film's operates with increasing tension throughout, starting when Benjamin decides to believe that Sam is temporarily not Sam, but his wife. There are sappy scenes, such as when Sam, as mother Hannah, returns to high school following the accident and flails terribly in teenage situations. But the notion of a mother spying on her daughter through possession recalls Mommie Dearest, in a great way. The real credit in this film goes to Thirlby, who in essence plays two characters well, switching identities throughout. The sexual innuendo she brings to the part adds the zest The Secret needs to elevate it from a suburban nightmare to real horror. Viewers who enjoy The Secret might also look to Argento's mother trilogy, or the recently released French horror film, Inside. That said. The Secret contains no gore and relies on psychological suspense rather than violence to construct its mother/daughter tale. --Trinie Dalton
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- Uneven and unsatisfying This film is one of those that takes itself too seriously and in so doing ceases to remember that movies are first and foremost about entertainment. If you want to show you have depth become a swimming pool and if you want to send a message go to Western Union.
It began with a good idea, promised to deal with real human emotions and then became a disappointing cliche of PC whining, absurd plot resolutions and self-indulgence. Ultimately the emptiness of the plot is not the actor's faults, ... Read More
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- Movie reviewA somewhat trite storyline, but done really well, with no gratuitous sensuality! Ending may be a surprise, depending on how many movies of this type one has watched!
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- Very well actedI am rather surprised at the reviews. I thought the acting was completely solid. You knew when it was the mother and when it was the daughter. I must admit I was nervous about the couple consummating since it was known beforehand that the girl would come back to inhabit the body but other than that it was great. Although it is reminiscent of Freaky Friday it is smarter. I truly enjoyed the movie.
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- music?I'm a huge Duchovny fan, and he was great in this... it's definitely a very interesting film, and worth renting, imo.
I'm wondering about certain music that was used in the film though-- specifically, what are the songs in the following scenes: a) when Hannah and Ben are kissing on the couch on their "night alone," b) when Sam/Hannah asks Ben to dance with her, when she's in the nightgown, and c) when Sam/Hannah does the shot at the party.
Any help?
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- The Secret-fascinating take on an old movie themeThe Secret is a fascinating take on a old theme, soul migration, used in many films. But where it's usually played for laughs in films like "Freaky Friday", this film tries to delve into the consequences for a loving couple and their daughter. It's a love story on two levels...The love of the mother and father which acts as both source of strength and temptation; the love of the mother and the father for their daughter which must inevitably separate the couple forever if they are to reclaim their daughter's ... Read More
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