ebodusa-64578 We are expected to believe the totally unbuyable plot point in which Brenda's character cannot remember being with a black man and giving birth to a black baby. This is absolutely ridiculous and should have been rewritten. What was the brilliant Mike Leigh thinking?Nick

caroline Secrets and Lies is about important themes in life: love, family, children, adoption... The movie is about a young woman who wants to know her birth-mother. But her birth-mother ignores she have another daughter until she enters her life. And when they meet, everything changes. But it creates more tensions between the mother and her second daughter but also wit the rest of the family. The thing I liked best in this film is the humorous side which is present all the film long. The actors and actresses are really good, even more when we underline the fact that they didn't even have a script because the film director, Mike Leigh, always works without a script. It is always improvisation. The films got nominated for a lot of awards, actors too, and it was well-deserved, the actors were truly Oscar-worthy. We also had the chance with my class to meet one of the lead actors, Timothy Spall, who plays Maurice, Cynthia's brother in the film and it was a truly incredible experience. He was really kind and nice with us and he answered all our questions clearly, he did his best to answer our questions. But what I dislike about the movie is that, sometimes there are scenes which are too long, slow-moving scenes and it is really boring. But I think is the only weakness point of the movie. Otherwise, it is a good movie, for the characters, the plot and the moral.

noeourcival In my humble opinion,I must say that this film is extraordinary. It has been directed by Mike Leigh, one of the most famous directors in the UK and in he world and with a quality cast. Actors like Timothy Spall who was awarded the gold palm for the best male actor in the Cannes film festival; by the way this film was awarded the gold palm too. I have seen this film a bunch of times and it still provides me the same emotions than the first time I saw it. The plot is perfect, the two sides of the story are developed in parallel. In an interview Mike Leigh said that in this film he wanted to put the "ordinary" things of life;like the difficult relationships in a family, the question of having babies or nor, adoption, etc... I must speak of my meeting with Timothy Spall, a few years ago, I was with the same friends and he answered our questions in a very friendly way. He said that in all the films he played under Mike Leigh's direction, actors must improvise and it is quite difficult because in one scene they had to spend hours and hours doing the same things again. He gave us a few tips and one impressed me:''If you first want to be an actor, you won't manage, you must head to be an actor to manage to become an actor'', it's not exactly what he said but it's something like that and it was said with emotion...it was fantastic! If you haven't seen this film yet, you must see it because in the future it will be a classic, it's sensitive but funny at times, it's perfect.

Alenbalz A very good movie: I was expecting a spy movie but instead got a movie exploring prejudices, relationships and family bonds. The acting is superb by all involved, in fact you can easily forget you are watching a movie, everything is so real and natural. Too often you see movies about broken families as being the accepted norm, this movie goes that extra step and shows us in a very powerful way, how blood is thicker than water. A colored grieving young lady, manages to track down her biological mother after 26 years and in doing so manages to bring together several dysfunctional families and forces them to face and overcome their repressed prejudices. A powerful movie (not a fairy tale) full of human emotions and compassion, where love finally wins. (you'll need a box of tissues).