Secrets and Lies 1996 Watch Free in HD

The films follows a successful black woman and her white mother. When the woman's mother tries to hide her underprivileged status and when emotions run high, deceits are made, causing tears and scars that are difficult to repair.

Genre:

Drama

Actors:

Timothy Spall, Phyllis Logan, Brenda Blethyn, Claire Rushbrook, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Elizabeth Berrington, Michele Austin, Lee Ross, Lesley Manville, Ron Cook, Emma Amos, ...»

Director:

Mike Leigh

Country:

United States

Release:

1996

IMDb:

8.0

Quality:

Duration:

136 min

Cole Smithey

Much more than just a touching story of the ties that bind humanity and the way we reveal ourselves, "Secrets and Lies" (1996) is a staggering work of cinematic genius. It is truly a perfect film.

September 02, 2009

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Perhaps Mike Leigh's most popular film, but still packs a gut-punch.

March 26, 2003

Eric Henderson

Secrets & Lies is littered with scenes that begin at a fever pitch before descending into a becalmed, meditative state.

February 19, 2005

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Emanuel Levy

In the hands of another director, it would have been a sentimental melodrama, a soap opera, but with nuanced writing and sharp helming, Mike Leigh mixes humor and pathos in equal measure.

March 18, 2011

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Norm Schrager

His characters look normal, act normal, chatter, and scream. And even when they choose not to speak, not to give away secrets, they're still heard.

November 13, 2003

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Leo Goldsmith

Leigh's film stops short of catharsis, providing the potential for the characters' rebuilding of their relationships without suggesting that such projects are simple or immediate.

March 01, 2005

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Frank Ochieng

An English mother-daughter racial melodrama that resonates with simplicity and insight. Leigh is considerate of his movie's identity and spirit just as much as demonstrates this with his wounded protagonists

June 26, 2004

Dennis Schwartz

It's hard to argue against it being a sharply observant and deeply felt melodrama, one that is accessible, contemporary and frightingly realistic.

May 07, 2006

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Michael Dequina

Leigh's script and direction pushes all the right emotional buttons without getting overly melodramatic.

September 14, 2005

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Widgett Walls

An excellent drama of family dysfunction.

February 25, 2003

Judith Egerton

The characters are so painfully real it's more like watching a documentary than a made-up story.

July 01, 2004

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Mike Clark

Leigh's best work yet is indisputably screen art, but it's a flesh-and-blood 'people' movie, too.

January 01, 2000

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