His Secret Life (2001)
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Cast
as Michele
as Antonia
as Serra
as Massimo
as Sandro
as Emir
as Luisella
as Infermiera
as Ernesto
as Israele
as Mara
Critic Reviews for His Secret Life
All Critics (34) | Top Critics (15) | Fresh (25) | Rotten (9) | DVD (1)
It's a soapy, simplistic, but surprisingly affecting ambisexual melodrama that plays a little like Pedro Almodovar without the surreal frills.
It's a lovely film with lovely performances by Buy and Accorsi.
A warm but realistic meditation on friendship, family and affection.
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.
A movie that grows better by the minute.
Full of profound, real-life moments that anyone can relate to, it deserves a wide audience.
Audience Reviews for His Secret Life
The symbolism is overt to the ending shot, but that doesn't mean the film is bad; in fact, the film is quite good. I had one technical critique about the film and that is it seems the entire film was shot on the same lens. Every shot goes out of focus in the background save two or three. The sets are lavish and well lit so I am confused as to why such an artistic approach was brought to the film. It works quite well, but the framing seems to indicate that the director sees the love between same-gendered couples as shallow in opposition to what he's trying to convey, which is the contrary. After watching it a few more times, I may understand the meaning behind this, but it seems lazy to shoot an entire film with one or two lenses. Other than that, I loved the lighting, the story, the camera blocking, and the performances. Many things I miss because I don't speak Italian, granted, but I guess my only other complaint or critique would be that there's such a deep rooted respect among the entire group but outright nobody treats anyone else with respect. That seemed strange to me, but I don't know the culture or the language, so I'll give it the benefit of the doubt that I'm missing something in context. I did love the dialogue between the main characters, however. It was very refreshing and . . . real.
Super Reviewer
Well..here's a movie that I totally did not plan on liking, but I did. Kind of alot. I instantly empathized with the wife, who was unaware of her husband's second life. I found this story of both the wife and the lover coming to terms with the false reality of their lives, and then come to value each other in ways never imaginable, very captivating. And, for some reason, I found Stefano Accorsi (the gay lover) very captivating, also. AND I thought the ending was very clever. Kudos!
Super Reviewer
Good performances and an interesting story are hampered somewhat from choppy continutity
Super Reviewer
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