Secrets & Lies
Film1996142 min

Secrets & Lies

Taste attributes: dramacomedylightemotive & stirringcomplex relationship

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Boxlist takeAn accessible drama, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like escapism over depth.

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: light · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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What lines up

  • Setting / scale: Balanced setting / scale, just how this profile likes it
  • Linearity: Balanced linearity, just how this profile likes it
  • Pace: Balanced pace, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

  • Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate
  • Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy

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Synopsis

With both her adoptive parents now dead, a black optometrist decides to make contact with her birth mother, but is shocked to find out that she is white.

Synopsis: TMDB

Taste Attributes

complex relationship

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Cast

Brenda BlethynMarianne Jean-BaptisteTimothy SpallPhyllis LoganClaire Rushbrook

Details

Genre
Drama
Year
1996
Runtime
142 min
Status
Released
Studio
Channel Four Films
Taste scores
How we score

Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.

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