
Film1996142 min
Secrets & Lies
Taste attributes: dramacomedylightemotive & stirringcomplex relationship
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
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.











