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His Secret Life (2002)

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Reviews Counted:34

Fresh:25

Rotten:9

Average Rating:6.5/10

Consensus: Well-acted soap opera.

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Sep 20, 2002 Limited

Synopsis: When Antonia (Margherita Buy) loses her husband Massimo in a terrifying car accident, she is devastated. Taking care of necessary business after his death, she runs across a painting, a gift to her... When Antonia (Margherita Buy) loses her husband Massimo in a terrifying car accident, she is devastated. Taking care of necessary business after his death, she runs across a painting, a gift to her husband with a note attached indicating that Antonia's partner of 15 years had been indiscreet for seven of them. She tracks down his lover and finds that Massimo has been involved in a homosexual affair with a man named Michele (Stefano Accorsi). She also finds in Michele's home an adopted family of misfits who all knew and loved her deceased husband. As Antonia attempts to understand her husband's secret, she becomes accepted into this commune and also begins to have some of her own loving admirers, including Michele. Turkish director Ferzan Ozpetek (STEAM: THE TURKISH BATH) directs this touching film that places caring and understanding before judgement or anger. [More]

Starring: Margherita Buy, Stefano Accorsi, Erika Blanc, Serra Yilmaz

Starring: Margherita Buy, Stefano Accorsi, Erika Blanc, Serra Yilmaz, Andrea Renzi, Lucrezia Valia, Koray Candemir

Director: Ferzan Özpetek

Director: Ferzan Özpetek
Screenwriter: Ferzan Özpetek
Producer: Gianni Romoli, Tilde Corsi
Studio: Strand Releasing

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12/30/06
Empire Magazine

Ozpetek's effort has the scope and shape of an especially well-executed television movie.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
09/19/02
A.O. Scott
A.O. Scott
New York Times
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With all the sympathy, empathy and pity fogging up the screen...His Secret Life enters the land of unintentional melodrama and tiresome love triangles.

Full Review Source: Metro Times (Detroit, MI) | comment Comment
11/25/02
Anita Schmaltz
Anita Schmaltz
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)

Spreads itself too thin, leaving these actors, as well as the members of the commune, short of profound characterizations

Full Review Source: culturevulture.net | comment Comment
09/19/02
Arthur Lazere
Arthur Lazere
culturevulture.net

At times a bit melodramatic and even a little dated (depending upon where you live), Ignorant Fairies is still quite good-natured and not a bad way to spend an hour or two.

Full Review Source: PopcornQ | comment Comment
06/09/02
Brandon Judell
Brandon Judell
PopcornQ

It's a lovely film with lovely performances by Buy and Accorsi.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
02/13/03
Carrie Rickey
Carrie Rickey
Philadelphia Inquirer
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The two leads give wonderful performances and when they try to connect with each other it's as awkward and desperate as you would expect, also real and touching.

Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | comment Comment
02/14/03
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com

Moving and vibrant.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
10/02/02
Chuck Wilson
Chuck Wilson
L.A. Weekly

Ozpetek joins the ranks of those gay filmmakers who have used the emigre experience to explore same-sex culture in ways that elude the more nationally settled.

Full Review Source: Dallas Observer | comment Comment
02/14/03
David Ehrenstein
David Ehrenstein
Dallas Observer

Despite some gulps the film is a fuzzy huggy.

Full Review Source: San Diego Union-Tribune | comment Comment
01/17/03
David Elliott
David Elliott
San Diego Union-Tribune

This is a thoughtful, affecting film, filled with absorbing characters.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
08/17/02
David Noh
David Noh
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03/27/09
David Rooney
David Rooney
Variety

A movie that grows better by the minute.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
01/03/03
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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Pure of intention and passably diverting, His Secret Life is light, innocuous and unremarkable.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
10/02/02
Edward Guthmann
Edward Guthmann
San Francisco Chronicle
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07/10/05
Emanuel Levy
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The film's messages of tolerance and diversity aren't particularly original, but one can't help but be drawn in by the sympathetic characters.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
10/08/02
Frank Scheck
Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter
 
 
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