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www.filmcritic.com - : it’s no surprise that Secrets & Lies, as with nearly all of Leigh’s just-regular-folk movies, is all about the acting. Really good acting. Upon the death of her adoptive mom, a quiet optometrist by the name of Hortense Cumberbatch (then-newcomer Marianne-Jean Baptiste) completes the painful formality of finding her birth information and, in turn, the whereabouts of her natural mother. more...
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4/5
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www.paloaltoonline.com - : Secrets and Lies is fraught with tension and laced with hilarious observations on the day-to-day operations of family. The dialogue is fast and furious, and consistently surprises as it moves from revelation to revelation. The look is sharp and clear, the music pregnant with pain. more...
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movie-reviews.colossus.net - : By wedding comedy with tragedy in intricate, realistic unions, Mike Leigh has become one of the foremost film making voices for the British working class. Yet, even though his movies bring a certain social viewpoint to the screen, this in no way limits the universality of Leigh's themes. Secrets and Lies, 1996's Palme D'Or winner at Cannes, represents the director at his best -- unsentimental yet powerful, funny and poignant, and, in the end, undeniably satisfying. more...
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4/4
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