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- EVERY SECRET THING is competently made, and it does a good job of establishing a grim mood. But it ultimately falls flat because it fails to get viewers to root for anyone. Banks' detective is thinly drawn, and some of her best police work seems to stem from lucky hunches.
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May 15, 2015 · Two weeks after Fuller and Manning are released back into the real world, a 3-year-old girl is snatched from a furniture store in the middle of the day, as her parents (including Common) shop for a new mattress. Did Ronnie or Alice repeat the crime from their youth?
Every Secret Thing has a sterling pedigree both on and off the screen, yet all that talent adds up to little more than a listless, predictable thriller. Read Critics Reviews
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Every Secret Thing is a solid story with very capable actors. I was genuinely surprised by the ending. The movie is a careful process that allows one to think, to be outraged, to understand, to forgive, and feel, and that, after all is what movies are supposed to do.
Every Secret Thing is a 2014 American crime film directed by Amy J. Berg and written by Nicole Holofcener, based on a 2004 novel of the same name written by Laura Lippman.
The screenplay, written by Nicole Holofcener and based on the novel by Laura Lippman, is about a baby being kidnapped and killed, the crime for which Ronnie and Alice serve seven years.
May 19, 2015 · What immediately sets Every Secret Thing apart from similar whodunit thrillers is its smart narrative structure. The film goes to great lengths to carefully reveal itself to us, while still breezing by at a cool 93 minutes.
With Every Secret Thing, documentarian Amy Berg proves she has what it takes to direct a narrative feature that's just as successful and captivating as her thrilling exposs.
