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I'm Going to Tell You a Secret

2005 · 128 min

A backstage tour diary that drifts between concert spectacle and quiet spiritual confession, feeling intimate and self-serious but occasionally warm and revealing.

Tagline
"No matter what you did, no matter who you are, no matter where you've come from, you can always change, become a better version of yourself."
Overview
A documentary that follows Madonna on her 2004 Re-Invention World Tour.

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • faith
  • family
  • music
  • ambition
Places
  • big city
  • road trip
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour3
Realism9
Romance2
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
documentary, music
Directed by
Jonas Åkerlund, Dago Gonzales
Starring
Madonna, Stuart Price, Guy Ritchie, Michael Moore, Donna DeLory, Siedah Garrett, Jamie King, Iggy Pop
Cinematography
Eric Broms
Runtime
128 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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