Secrets And Lies

Rating: 9/10 (27 August 2010)

Nine out of ten times when a novel, play, or a film attracts rave reviews it will disappoint so I was prepared to be underwhelmed when I checked this one out on the strength of the positive press but I have to say that it lived up to all the hype and more. In one sense it is an old fashioned story told in an old fashioned way by which I mean a rock solid screenplay which draws equally rock solid direction and acting with nary a cgi to be seen just good old bread-and-butter master shot, two shot, long shot, close shot and so on, which is all you need when you have a tale to tell and know how to tell it. I didn't know a single person either in front of or behind the camera but that didn't matter because everyone was on the ball and seemed united in a common goal, to deliver solid entertainment. Congratulations, guys, you succeeded, in spades.