Secrets & Lies
A slow, talky, deeply human drama that builds to raw emotional confrontations and quiet, cathartic warmth.
- About
- 1996 UK film by Mike Leigh
- Class
- Movie
- Year
- 1996
- Runtime
- 142 min
A slow, talky, deeply human drama that builds to raw emotional confrontations and quiet, cathartic warmth.
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| Scale | Value | 0 to 10 |
|---|---|---|
| Action | 1 | |
| Horror | 0 | |
| Humour | 4 | |
| Realism | 9 | |
| Romance | 3 | |
| Tension | 6 | |
| Darkness | 5 | |
| Complexity | 6 | |
| Emotional weight | 9 |
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A slow, luminous plunge into a mother's quiet desperation, where every gesture and glance carries the weight of class, pride, and a love that curdles.
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A quietly devastating, beautifully observed slice of life that immerses you in another time and place, rewarding patience with profound emotional resonance.
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A richly textured, emotionally resonant drama of manners and class, unfolding with quiet intensity and moral weight.
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A tender, aching portrait of a life shaped by silence and touch, unfolding with poetic restraint and quiet devastation.
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A quietly devastating portrait of makeshift family bonds, poverty, and love, unfolding with tender restraint and piercing emotional honesty.
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A grueling, intimate battle of wills that wears you down before it lifts you up.
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A warm, funny, and bittersweet ride through teenage restlessness and mother-daughter friction, full of sharp observations and tender moments.
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A tender, quietly absorbing look at a family's hardscrabble life, blending warmth and strain into something deeply human.
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