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Don't Tell (2005)

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Reviews Counted: 21

Fresh: 6

Rotten:15

Average Rating: 5.3/10

Rated: R

Runtime: 2 hrs

Genre: Foreign Films

Theatrical Release:Mar 17, 2006 Limited

Synopsis: Based upon the celebrated novel La Bestia nel Cuore, DON'T TELL is the mesmerizing story of a woman's journey into her past and the aftermath of confronting personal demons long hidden beneath the... Based upon the celebrated novel La Bestia nel Cuore, DON'T TELL is the mesmerizing story of a woman's journey into her past and the aftermath of confronting personal demons long hidden beneath the surface of her psyche. At the heart of the film is Sabina (Giovanna Mezzogiorno- Best Actress, 2005 Venice Film Festival), a beautiful young woman who seemingly has it all- a supportive and loving boyfriend, a comfortable lifestyle, and a promising future. But when Sabina learns she is pregnant, a normally celebratory occasion is clouded by a succession of haunting nightmares, strange memories, and personal insecurities that send Sabina's world spiraling out of control. While shunning the affections of her boyfriend Franco (Alessio Boni), Sabina flees to America where she seeks comfort from her brother Daniele (Luigi Lo Cascio) and his family. In the arms of her loved ones, Sabina uncovers truths so dark and disturbing that she begins to question her own instincts about life, love, and her future happiness, leading to an intense psychological climax that finds Sabina at a crossroads of redemption or destruction. --© Lionsgate Films [More]

Starring: Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Alessio Boni, Stefania Rocca, Angela Finocchiaro

Starring: Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Alessio Boni, Stefania Rocca, Angela Finocchiaro


Studio: Lions Gate Films

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Don't Tell, Italy's submission for the foreign-language Oscar, has strong performances, but the story takes too long to get off the ground.

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
03/24/06
Claudia Puig
USA Today
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The film meanders and becomes painfully arbitrary in its storyline... Child abuse + funny lesbians = hilarious!!!

Full Review Source: FilmStew.com | comment Comment
03/21/06
Susan Michals
FilmStew.com

Though tackling such potentially subversive subjects as incest and lesbianism, this inexplicably Oscar-nominee from Italy is basically a Lifetime Original performed as a magic show.

Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment Comment
03/19/06
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Well worth seeing for its sensitive and never maudlin portrayal of a sister and brother bonded together by a family secret.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
03/17/06
Ruthe Stein
San Francisco Chronicle
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Here's the problem with Cristina Comencini's Don't Tell: it should have been directed by Pedro Almodovar.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
03/17/06
Kim Morgan
Reel.com

It manages to treat a disturbing subject without despairing.

Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger | comment Comment
03/17/06
Stephen Whitty
Newark Star-Ledger
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Days of Our Lives fans, enjoy.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
03/17/06
Kyle Smith
New York Post
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It's swiftly paced and never dull, but the heavy-handed symbolism comes fast and thick.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
03/17/06
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Just because American films frequently exploit repressed memories as a plot device in nasty genre pictures doesn't make the genteel Don't Tell a sophisticated or particularly insightful film.

Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews | comment Comment
03/16/06
Peter Canavese
Groucho Reviews

A persuasive if not groundbreaking drama.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
03/16/06
Kevin Crust
Los Angeles Times
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Don't Tell, which was unaccountably nominated for an Oscar for best foreign language film, is no better than a second-tier candidate for the Lifetime Channel.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
03/16/06
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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Goes off on too many tangents from the central story with irrelevant subplots that might actually have been decent movies on their own.

Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net | comment Comment
03/16/06
Edward Douglas
ComingSoon.net

A not-bad soap opera.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
03/16/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

A well-acted melodrama with some engaging characters and a storyline that holds the attention

Full Review Source: culturevulture.net | comment Comment
03/16/06
Arthur Lazere
culturevulture.net

The lifelong shame and trauma experienced by the victims of childhood incest are grippingly dramatized by Cristina Comencini, consummate mistress of Italian family drama, in Don't Tell, probably her most successful film.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
03/16/06
Deborah Young
Variety
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Comencini translates these tensions from her novel Beast in the Heart with a literal hand that is inclined to underscore anguished looks with explanatory flashbacks.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
03/16/06
Jan Stuart
Newsday
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Such tales are the issue du jour stateside, which makes Don't Tell's slavish adherence to Dr. Phil–inspired recovered-memory orthodoxies seem more than a touch ingenuous.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
03/16/06
Ella Taylor
L.A. Weekly

A paradigmatically mediocre foreign-film-Oscar nominee.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
03/14/06
Michael Atkinson
Village Voice
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Comencini is attempting to put on some kind of show about modern gender and sexuality issues, but that's all it is: a show, and a fatuous one at that.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
02/24/06
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine

Powerfully moving but laced with incisive wit.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
10/24/05
Ray Bennett
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