92
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27 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliRepresents the director at his best -- unsentimental yet powerful, funny and poignant, and, in the end, undeniably satisfying.
- 100Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonReveals itself detail by searing detail.
- 100USA TodayMike ClarkUSA TodayMike ClarkBlethyn is so astonishing that you forget you're seeing a performance.
- 100Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonLeigh is an artist not at all blind to the world's darkness and pain. But the generosity and togetherness he and his company show in Secrets and Lies is something the movies -- and the world -- truly need. [25 October 1996, Friday, p.A]
- 100The New RepublicStanley KauffmannThe New RepublicStanley KauffmannLeigh, the writer, ties up things somewhat neatly and is a touch homiletic. Leigh, the director of cast and camera, is masterly. [Sept. 30, 1996]
- 90Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumThe acting is so strong--with Spall a particular standout--that you're carried along as by a tidal wave.
- 90NewsweekDavid AnsenNewsweekDavid AnsenThe results are wondrous, wrenching and crazily funny to behold.
- 90TimeRichard CorlissTimeRichard CorlissRich in humor, pained or frolicking.
- 90The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinUnfolds beautifully, with a rueful, knowing intelligence that rises above easy assumptions. [27 September 1996, p.C1]
- 75Baltimore SunAnn HornadayBaltimore SunAnn HornadayCrammed, cheek to jowl, with bleak moments, high hopes, sweetness and naked emotion.