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A Secret Affair

5 star:		(19)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

Mixed reviews usually mean that a movie, book or CD is worth investigating. This movie is worth checking out. The hero actually is nice and the heroine has a lot to think about. She is engaged to someone whom her upper-crust family expects her to marry. However, when she meets the hero, she realizes that she doesn't love her fiance nor does she marry him. There is a twist after the heroine breaks the engagement. This movie's plot is predictable in some ways just like any other, but some of the characters are not. It's setting is international and it has a delightful edginess. What I like about this movie, also, is that the characters could be for real and not just some body that looks good on screen. They are not Hollywood's ideal for movies. One can really identify and empathize with these characters.

I can not express how happy I was to see that this movie was available. I fell in love with A Secret Affair after seeing it on tv. It is a beautiful story with wonderful background for the film. I would recommend anyone who enjoys a wonderful love story to view this film.

I was thrilled to be able to find this movie on your web site. I have been wanting to see A Secret Affair again ever since it aired on tv in '99. Visually this is a goregous movie with many of the backdrop scenes highlighting the city of Venice. I so enjoyed the rather vicarious trip this movie provided. The main characters of the story are crafted in a way that we easily come to care about them and the paths that they follow. This movie will make the romantics out there laugh and cry and smile. It is a wonderfully evocative story and I recommend it to all who love a love story.

Just when you think your life is safe and planned, you meet unexpected yet needed life-changing situations. I'm glad that the storyline has explosive turn of events to make a not-so-exciting, predictable story intriguing.

This is a great movie Paudge Behan and Janine Turner do such a great job - as does the rest of the cast. The best part of the movie is the scenery - in Venice and Ireland. I own it and have watched it at least 15 times. I have bought this movie as gifts for friends and they all loved it.

This is a True Love Story. I watched it on the Life Time channel yesterday and this movis is one I just had to have and share.
The is a explaination of HEAVEN in this movie that will have you weeping, as it did me. I finally found out where Heaven really is.
I cannot possibly imagine anyone not loving this movie. I am sure I will watch it many times.

It's true that the casting of the two leads could have been better. That alone could have made this a 4-star movie. But it could easily have been worse too. We've all seen examples.

The love scene that drove one reviewer below to distraction is minimal, PG-level. Anybody who is bothered by a love scene as vanilla as this should stay away from love stories.

The other problem with this movie is the script (or maybe the novel--which I haven't read). We needed to see that she was about to marry the wrong man, not just be told so by a friend. We needed to fear for her and hope that she would avoid it before it was too late.

Also, the behavior of the new man could have been less nudgey. It was the wrong approach. The audience needed to want them to get together before she relented. And that would have solved the problem of convincing the audience that she was attracted to him. As it is, she appears to just fall into it with an "Oh well, why not?" attitude.

The scenes of Venice were brief but nice. They've certainly cleaned up the city since I was there and photographed it in 1979. Ireland was also nicely rendered. The depiction of the Balkans was stark and the people convincing. It's rare that the public gets to see such an honest presentation of the consequences of multiculturalism.

Bottom line: This is a movie worth having, especially for the price.

A Secret Affair is a must see. It is a wonderful sit back and relax romance/drama with Janine Turner and Irish actor Paudge Behan. Set in Venice and Dublin the scenery is spectacular to say the least, the story line is quick and I think should have been a little longer but is really is a good movie. One of those for one you are having a bad or rough day or an evening when you just want to sit back and relax and enjoy a nice romance. Paudge Behan is not that known here in the US but he is a wonderful actor and I wish we would see more of him Janine Turner is always good and this is no exception. The move was made in 1999 and what would be wonderful is if the cast could get together for a sequel with yet another wonderful ending. Let us hope that is possibly in the future. I have watched several times and the friends who have borrowed the movie now want their own copies! So take some time watch, relax and enjoy!

Saw the movie on Lifetime and just loved it and wanted to see it again and again... But before I did I read the book. What a disappointment! If you are a romantic, you will truly enjoy this movie. Yes it's a chick-flick! So Gentlemen you have now been warned.

This is a great romantic movie. Reminds me of my husband and me. This movie will make you remember how it was to be in love!!!