The Secrets We Keep

"The Secrets We Keep is undermined by the existence of an earlier and infinitely better telling of the same basic story. If you have seen Sigourney Weaver in Death and the Maiden, set in South America in the years after a military dictatorship has been ousted, then you'll know that Secrets doesn't compare well at all."

"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."

"For the most part, though, these secrets aren't worth passing along."

"A listless, half-baked, vaguely Hitchcockian thriller about a Romani Holocaust survivor."

"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."

"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."

"The film is ultimately too tidy to embrace anything truly startling or unexpected, either stylistically or narratively."

"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."