A Secret Affair
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Fionnula Flanagan, Gia Carides, Janine Turner, Paudge Behan, Robert Mailhouse Director: Bobby Roth Producer: Andrew Adelson Producer: James Flynn Producer: Morgan O'Sullivan Producer: Robert Bradford Producer: Tracey Alexander Writer: Barbara Taylor Bradford Writer: Carole Real DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language) Format: Color, DVD, NTSC Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 88 minutes Published: 2003-11-01 DVD Release Date: 2003-11-25 Audience Rating: Unrated Studio: Good Times Video |
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Movie Reviews of A Secret Affair
Movie Review: not great, but worth it
Summary: 3 Stars
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.