Storyline
In post-World War II America, a woman, rebuilding her life in the suburbs with her husband, kidnaps her neighbor and seeks vengeance for the heinous war crimes she believes he committed against her.
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Cast
Joel Kinnaman, Noomi Rapace, Ritchie Montgomery, Chris Messina, Amy Seimetz, Thomas Francis Murphy, Lucy Faust, Jeff Pope, Frank J. Monteleone, David Maldonado, Victoria Hill, Miluette Nalin, Ed Amatrudo, Kadrolsha Ona Carole, Michelle L. Clarke, Angela Abadie, Michael Biss, Jackson Dean Vincent, Madison Paige Jones
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Reviews
78
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.
70
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.
63
The film is ultimately too tidy to embrace anything truly startling or unexpected, either stylistically or narratively.
60
A dramatic thriller tackling serious themes — the aftermath of war, the cost of retribution and the possibility of redemption — the movie can't always get out of its own way, as reliably effective as Rapace is.
60
This “Death and the Maiden”-like suspense drama is neither fully convincing nor particularly original, its narrative running a course that feels somewhat predictable from the outset. But it’s still strong enough to be effective.
