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Secrets & Lies (1996)

After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working class white woman.

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Stephen L 18 Nov 2007

Not once does this film resort to melodrama. Given the story it could have very easily done that. But that's what's great about this and other Mike Leigh films, he tells mature stories in a mature way. Brenda Blethyn is amazing in this and Timothy Spall gives the film some laughs. This is just a great little film. It didn't even seem very long.

Dan S 09 Oct 2006

Brenda Blethyn is fantastic as a mother who begins to start a relationship with the now grown-up daughter she put up for adoption many years ago. Beautiful British film from Mike Leigh with a great heart.

Dylan B 13 Jul 2007

This is Mike Leigh at his best. Brenda Blethyn and Marianne Jean-Baptiste produce acting of the highest quality. Rent this on DVD now if you haven't seen it

Susan P 02 Mar 2008

'Secrets and lies! We're all in pain. Why can't we share our pain?' Mike Leigh has a weakness for creating caricatures in his social satires (Who's Who). Granted, these films are often still very funny (Abigail's Party, Nuts in May). But they lack the realism and humanity of his other films such as Life is Sweet, High Hopes, and Vera Drake. But I think Secrets and Lies is Mike Leigh's masterpiece. None of that harshness is in evidence here. Instead, we get a sympathetic family drama that is scrupulously honest and, in the end, heartbreakingly hopeful. All of the actors give stunning naturalistic performances. You feel as though they are real people living in the real world. As in all Mike Leigh films, they also improvised the majority of the dialogue from his outline. How many actors could do this so well? I cannot say how many times I have seen this movie, but it still has the power to bring me to tears. It is a jewel in the crown of British cinema.

Paula H 06 Oct 2007

Excellent film! Mike Leigh is great at deconstructing all your views and assumptions about different social groups. Intelligent, sensitive and funny.