Although adeptly acted and featuring a good handling of tone by Berg, she occupies a position of too much observation and not enough visual expression, even if the film's core narrative is engaging.

| Feb 13, 2020

It is almost enough to make one forgive the film's flaws, including a melodramatic score that brings the piece uncomfortably close to afternoon 온라인카지노추천 movie territory at times.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 24, 2018

An unpleasant crime drama.

| Original Score: B- | May 29, 2017

A ripped-from-the-headlines kind of story, it functions with all of the twists and turns required, a bit like a female-centered version of Prisoners.

| Original Score: B | Jun 6, 2016

The film generates moderate suspense as it navigates some rather mechanical plot twists.

| May 22, 2015

Overly complex kidnapping drama has disturbing scenes.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 22, 2015

Retains powerful examinations of denial, but it seldom pieces together smoothly, often resembling four features running at the same time.

| Original Score: C+ | May 22, 2015

It's described as a smart, suspenseful psychological thriller, but there's nothing smart about it, and as an alleged thriller, when the mysteries are explained in a twist finale, it could use a psychologist of its own.

| Original Score: 2/4 | May 20, 2015

Flimsy and foreboding, it's a female-centric crime thriller...

| Original Score: 5/10 | May 19, 2015

A slow burn mystery in which the secrets aren't so much about the crimes it explores but truths of women's emotional lives that are too often ignored.

| May 17, 2015

Amy Berg transitions to drama with Every Secret Thing, a mystery with shattering performances but a lacklustre case at its core.

| Original Score: 5/10 | May 16, 2015

Diane Lane is chilling as Alice's shifty mother, and though some of the "secret things" are Law & Order predictable, other revelations will haunt you for days.

| Original Score: B | May 15, 2015

The mystery-movie-of-the-week premise is buoyed by the evenly detailed performances from the four female leads

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 15, 2015

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.

| Original Score: 7/10 | May 15, 2015

What went wrong? How did so many talented people devote their time and energy to a film that came out this generic, dull, and flat?

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | May 15, 2015

The film has enough twists and dark reveals to grab the viewer. But it's Macdonald's sad turn as Alice that eats away at your soul.

| Original Score: B | May 15, 2015

Despite those credentials from the filmmakers and an excellent cast that includes Diane Lane, Elizabeth Banks, Nate Parker and Dakota Fanning, "Every Secret Thing" feels flat and unfocused.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.0 | May 14, 2015

Crushingly listless and at times as off-putting as a needle scratching vinyl ...

| May 14, 2015

Nothing is creepier than creepy children and teenagers, and the ones in "Every Secret Thing" are first-rate examples.

| May 14, 2015

It's not the fault of anyone involved; you try getting much money for a largely female-driven, female-made drama on an important but downer subject.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 14, 2015