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Official Secrets has a familiar structure and an obvious if worthy message, but rises on the strength of Keira Knightley's powerful performance.
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The script, based on a book by Marcia and Thomas Mitchell, keeps layering in complexity, refusing to go dumb. And Knightley's performance gets steelier as she struggles to overcome her fears Nov 21, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
The script, based on a book by Marcia and Thomas Mitchell, keeps layering in complexity, refusing to go dumb. And Knightley's performance gets steelier as she struggles to overcome her fears
Paul Byrnes
[Knightley's] smart not to play Gun as the noble martyr, but merely as an ordinary, frustrated citizen who makes a split-second decision. Oct 30, 2019 | Rating: 3/5
[Knightley's] smart not to play Gun as the noble martyr, but merely as an ordinary, frustrated citizen who makes a split-second decision.
Clarisse Loughrey
[H]obbled by fidelity, spatchcocked by earnestness, this film never takes off. Oct 18, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
[H]obbled by fidelity, spatchcocked by earnestness, this film never takes off.
David Sexton
While it'll do nothing to restore trust in the august bodies that rule the land, it's a pacy, palm-clammying watch. Oct 18, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
While it'll do nothing to restore trust in the august bodies that rule the land, it's a pacy, palm-clammying watch.
Philip De Semlyen
There's something interestingly tough and forthright about this slow-burner from director and co-writer Gavin Hood. Oct 18, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
There's something interestingly tough and forthright about this slow-burner from director and co-writer Gavin Hood.
Peter Bradshaw
Hood knows how to crank the tension and a certain fury ticks under the story. Oct 16, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Hood knows how to crank the tension and a certain fury ticks under the story.
Danny Leigh
So much is stuck in a proscenium: in its editing, in its music, in the greys that drown every scene. In the end, little feels discovered. It feels lectured. Jan 16, 2020 | Full Review…
So much is stuck in a proscenium: in its editing, in its music, in the greys that drown every scene. In the end, little feels discovered. It feels lectured.
Matt Cipolla
Even if you're one of the few stalwarts who still thinks the Iraq War was worth the agonizingly high toll ..., you will root for [Katharine] Gun because of [Keira] Knightley's astonishing ability to connect to her audience. Jan 13, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
Even if you're one of the few stalwarts who still thinks the Iraq War was worth the agonizingly high toll ..., you will root for [Katharine] Gun because of [Keira] Knightley's astonishing ability to connect to her audience.
Cameron Meier
It's a lean, taut-as-a-drum political thriller with a blood-boiling theme and a fine cast that includes Ralph Fiennes, Matt Smith and Rhys Ifans, among others. But it's built, mostly, around the superbly stricken performance of Knightly. Jan 6, 2020 | Full Review…
It's a lean, taut-as-a-drum political thriller with a blood-boiling theme and a fine cast that includes Ralph Fiennes, Matt Smith and Rhys Ifans, among others. But it's built, mostly, around the superbly stricken performance of Knightly.
M.V. Moorhead
Not easily forgotten, Official Secrets is another reminder about the dangers of unchecked government power. Jan 1, 2020 | Rating: A- | Full Review…
Not easily forgotten, Official Secrets is another reminder about the dangers of unchecked government power.
Matthew Toomey
With the deeply divisive issue of imminent war at hand, Official Secrets gives the audience a glimpse into the shadowy side of politics and government affairs while allowing Gun's courage to take the spotlight. Dec 26, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
With the deeply divisive issue of imminent war at hand, Official Secrets gives the audience a glimpse into the shadowy side of politics and government affairs while allowing Gun's courage to take the spotlight.
Lydia Gan
Despite falling into some cliches, Official Secrets succeeds due to its unique structure. [Full Review in Spanish] Dec 18, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
Despite falling into some cliches, Official Secrets succeeds due to its unique structure. [Full Review in Spanish]
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