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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.
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... [More]
Starring: Margherita Buy, Stefano Accorsi, Erika Blanc, Serra Yilmaz
Director: Ferzan Özpetek
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Reviews for His Secret Life
Ozpetek's effort has the scope and shape of an especially well-executed television movie.
09/19/02
Top CriticAt 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.
06/09/02
It's a lovely film with lovely performances by Buy and Accorsi.
02/13/03
Top CriticThe 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.
02/14/03
Moving and vibrant.
10/02/02
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.
02/14/03
This is a thoughtful, affecting film, filled with absorbing characters.
08/17/02
A movie that grows better by the minute.
01/03/03
Top CriticNo review available.
07/10/05
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.
10/08/02
As Antonia is assimilated into this newfangled community, the film settles in and becomes compulsively watchable in a guilty-pleasure, daytime-drama sort of fashion.
09/20/02
Top CriticThis is lightweight filmmaking, to be sure, but it's pleasant enough -- and oozing with attractive men.
01/26/03
Full of profound, real-life moments that anyone can relate to, it deserves a wide audience.
11/22/02
Working from a surprisingly sensitive script co-written by Gianni Romoli ... Ozpetek avoids most of the pitfalls you'd expect in such a potentially sudsy set-up.
09/19/02
Buy is an accomplished actress, and this is a big, juicy role.
10/03/02
Top CriticOzpetek succeeds in portraying small nuances that demonstrate the stages of love -- unrequited or blossoming -- and in showcasing the family structure created by a group of people who have been rejected for one reason or another.
02/07/03
It's this memory-as-identity obviation that gives Secret Life its intermittent unease, reaffirming that long-held illusions are indeed reality, and that erasing them recasts the self.
09/17/02
Though intrepid in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity, Ozpetek falls short in showing us Antonia's true emotions ... But at the very least, His Secret Life will leave you thinking.
02/06/03
A warm but realistic meditation on friendship, family and affection.
02/13/03
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