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The Secret (2006)

Starring: David Duchovny, Lili Taylor Rating: R (Restricted) Format: DVD
3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: David Duchovny, Lili Taylor, Olivia Thirlby
  • Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rating: R (Restricted)
  • Studio: IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
  • DVD Release Date: August 12, 2008
  • Run Time: 92 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0019X3YTQ
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #41,299 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
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Compared to pallid supernatural romances like Ghost, The Secret is a fireball of Freudian pathos about a love triangle between parents Benjamin (David Duchovny) and Hannah Marris (Lili Taylor), and their teenage daughter, Samantha (Olivia Thirlby). Directed by Swiss actor Vincent Perez, The Secret succeeds where other cheesy ghost films fail because there is always the possibility that after Benjamin's wife, Hannah, dies in a car accident and comes back to inhabit her daughter's body, Benjamin will be lured into his daughter's arms by sheer grief commingled with desire. The film's operates with increasing tension throughout, starting when Benjamin decides to believe that Sam is temporarily not Sam, but his wife. There are sappy scenes, such as when Sam, as mother Hannah, returns to high school following the accident and flails terribly in teenage situations. But the notion of a mother spying on her daughter through possession recalls Mommie Dearest, in a great way. The real credit in this film goes to Thirlby, who in essence plays two characters well, switching identities throughout. The sexual innuendo she brings to the part adds the zest The Secret needs to elevate it from a suburban nightmare to real horror. Viewers who enjoy The Secret might also look to Argento's mother trilogy, or the recently released French horror film, Inside. That said. The Secret contains no gore and relies on psychological suspense rather than violence to construct its mother/daughter tale. --Trinie Dalton


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In the spirit of Ghost and Birth, Hannah and Benjamin (Lili Taylor, Six Feet Under and David Duchovny, The X-Files) are a happily married couple whose love is tested in ways they never could have imagined in this touching supernatural drama. But when Hannah is killed in a car accident, the couple's strong bond may be responsible for an unusual twist of fate that keeps their love alive -- at the expense of their daughter (Olivia Thirlby, Juno).

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27 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Engrossing drama dealing with spirit transference, August 12, 2008
By z hayes (plano,texas) - See all my reviews
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"The Secret" stars David Duchovny as Ben Marris, a successful ophtalmologist who is happily married to Hannah [Lili Taylor of The Haunting]who is a housewife. They have a rebellious 16-year-old daughter Sam [Olivia Thirlby]and from the beginning we can see the antagonism Sam feels towards her over-protective mother. Both mom and daughter head out on a weekend trip and an accident causes both to be critically wounded, eventually resulting in a bizarre occurence in which Hannah's spirit transfers over to Sam's body whilst Sam's spirit lingers somewhere in limbo-land.

The rest of the movie deals with how Ben comes to grips with this bizarre turn of events and how Hannah struggles to cope not only with having lost her material body, but having to try to 'find' her daughter's spirit within Sam's physical self, whislt at the same time traversing the tension-fraught life of a high school teen. Both Ben and "Hannah as Sam" also have trouble dealing with the weirdness of their situation as being deeply in love, they come to certain realisations about the impossible situation they are both in. Ben is torn between wanting to satisfy his and Hannah's emotional and sexual needs whilst not wanting to cross the boundaries presented by his own daughter's material body.

The leads do a credible job of portraying three individuals trapped in an intolerable situation, though it is Duchovny's Ben and Thirlby's Sam that carry the movie for the most part. Olivia Thirlby's performance as Samantha/Hannah is commendable as she portrays both mother and teen credibly. Viewers can really tell when she is playing either mother or daughter. Thirlby is definitely a young actor of promising talent based on this performance.

This is supposedly a remake of a Japanese movie titled Himitsu, and though I haven't watched the original, this movie can stand alone on its own merits. Though it has a supernatural premise, it never really delves too deeply into that aspect for the movie deals more with how individuals cope under strange circumstances. Ben and 'Hannah' do seem to accept the situation way too quickly [which did strike me as very odd], but at 1.5 hrs long, the movie really didn't have the luxury of time to go in depth into the topic of spirit transference/possession.

On the whole, I found "The Secret" to be quite an engrossing drama and well carried by credible acting.

SPOILER ALERT
For those viewers who are very much concerned about the taboo aspects of this movie, i.e. a dad having to deal with a daughter who has her mother's spirit residing within her and the physical issues of dealing with that, do not fret. The movie never crosses the line towards actual physical consummation nor any explicit displays of affection between Ben and "Hannah as Sam".
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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Gets there without crossing that line..., August 11, 2008
Duchovny is one of my favorites and that main trailer had my customers asking lots of questions so I made sure to fit in this warped little title this weekend.

The story is laid out explicitly on the DVD case and in the trailer. Really all that was left to discover was how believable they made it and whether they cross any gross-out lines of keeping it "in the family". The performances were very adequate and make for a sustainable take on the body/spirit switch. The lead up to the event with their lovey-dovey marriage was over the top sap, but still fun. Through the course of the film, the young actress does a great job of fulfilling a split personality type roll, and I look forward to seeing more from her. By the end of the film you forget who is really there and who is not (in her mind).

SPOILER: I will get to the obvious question as numerous people have said they will not rent it if it goes down a certain path of consumation; It does not. But that does not mean you won't feel uncomfortable at times. For what this film is, I gave it a higher rating because of the believability without going X-Files-ish in how/why it happens, plus the acting was solid.

Quality of the DVD was fine, (did not get to the Blu this week) but it still showed a variety of failings with the camera grain; there were several takes of back/forth dialogue scenes that were obviously shot by different cameras where the grain detracted from the scene. The interviews and behind the scenes were nice additions for the release.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Not snub-worthy in any way... see this today., January 18, 2009
By Matt (Denver, NC) - See all my reviews
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The Secret is heartbreaking, emotional and beautiful. That is a near impossible balance to find in a film today. It may be a remake, but this is no slouch effort, and it stands alone. Normally I do not care for Duchovny at all, but he did a fine job here. The real credit, however, goes solely to Olivia Thirlby, who manages to portray two characters at once seamlessly. Freaky Friday may play body-switching for laughs, but The Secret gives you an idea of what really would transpire. I did not expect to like it as much as I did, and this is without a doubt a hidden gem.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Sorry, but to be interesting, it needed to "cross the line".
For those who would not have bought it/went to see it if it had, fine. But it had to have extrmely good reason not to, not simply fear the audience would be limited. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Hunter

1.0 out of 5 stars not entertaining
I will start off by stating that I had no idea what I was getting into, I had added The Secret to my instant Q some time ago and finally decided to watch it. Read more
Published 3 months ago by S. Olson

5.0 out of 5 stars Weird
Very differant kind of movie, if you like weird movies about the dead coming back you will like this one.
Published 4 months ago by Florence M. Herrera

4.0 out of 5 stars A Different Kind of Freaky Friday
I thought this was going to be a spooky horror type film, but it was completely different. I've seen transference films before like Freaky Friday, etc. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Angela Schmidt

5.0 out of 5 stars The Secret
This movie is very different from anything I've ever seen. It's thought provoking. I could feel the pain that the tragedy caused. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Southern Belle

4.0 out of 5 stars inventive plot keeps the viewer engaged....
this story based on spiritual transference is well done and keeps the viewer guessing throughout the film. Good drama. Read more
Published 11 months ago by James C. Ward

2.0 out of 5 stars Uneven and unsatisfying
This film is one of those that takes itself too seriously and in so doing ceases to remember that movies are first and foremost about entertainment. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Caveat Emptor

5.0 out of 5 stars Movie review
A somewhat trite storyline, but done really well, with no gratuitous sensuality! Ending may be a surprise, depending on how many movies of this type one has watched!
Published 13 months ago by George Felder III

5.0 out of 5 stars Very well acted
I am rather surprised at the reviews. I thought the acting was completely solid. You knew when it was the mother and when it was the daughter. Read more
Published 14 months ago by J. Ortiz

3.0 out of 5 stars music?
I'm a huge Duchovny fan, and he was great in this... it's definitely a very interesting film, and worth renting, imo. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Tiffany Robinson

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