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His Secret Life (2002)

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Reviews Counted:34

Fresh:25

Rotten:9

Average Rating:6.5/10

Consensus: Well-acted soap opera.

Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins

Genre: Dramas

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: When Antonia (Margherita Buy) loses her husband Massimo in a terrifying car accident, she is devastated. Taking care of necessary business after his death, she runs across a painting, a gift to her... When Antonia (Margherita Buy) loses her husband Massimo in a terrifying car accident, she is devastated. Taking care of necessary business after his death, she runs across a painting, a gift to her husband with a note attached indicating that Antonia's partner of 15 years had been indiscreet for seven of them. She tracks down his lover and finds that Massimo has been involved in a homosexual affair with a man named Michele (Stefano Accorsi). She also finds in Michele's home an adopted family of misfits who all knew and loved her deceased husband. As Antonia attempts to understand her husband's secret, she becomes accepted into this commune and also begins to have some of her own loving admirers, including Michele. Turkish director Ferzan Ozpetek (STEAM: THE TURKISH BATH) directs this touching film that places caring and understanding before judgement or anger. [More]

Starring: Margherita Buy, Stefano Accorsi, Erika Blanc, Serra Yilmaz

Starring: Margherita Buy, Stefano Accorsi, Erika Blanc, Serra Yilmaz, Andrea Renzi, Lucrezia Valia, Koray Candemir

Director: Ferzan Özpetek

Director: Ferzan Özpetek
Screenwriter: Ferzan Özpetek
Producer: Gianni Romoli, Tilde Corsi
Studio: Strand Releasing

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01/26/06
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07/21/05
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04/21/03
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Ozpetek offers an AIDS subtext, skims over the realities of gay sex, and presents yet another tired old vision of the gay community as an all-inclusive world where uptight, middle class bores like Antonia can feel good about themselves.

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03/23/03
Jamie Russell
Jamie Russell
BBC

It's a soapy, simplistic, but surprisingly affecting ambisexual melodrama that plays a little like Pedro Almodovar without the surreal frills.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
02/28/03
Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Boston Globe

At once overly old-fashioned in its sudsy plotting and heavy-handed in its effort to modernize it with encomia to diversity and tolerance.

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02/19/03
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion

Ozpetek joins the ranks of those gay filmmakers who have used the emigre experience to explore same-sex culture in ways that elude the more nationally settled.

Full Review Source: Dallas Observer | comment Comment
02/14/03
David Ehrenstein
David Ehrenstein
Dallas Observer

The two leads give wonderful performances and when they try to connect with each other it's as awkward and desperate as you would expect, also real and touching.

Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | comment Comment
02/14/03
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com

It's a lovely film with lovely performances by Buy and Accorsi.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
02/13/03
Carrie Rickey
Carrie Rickey
Philadelphia Inquirer

A warm but realistic meditation on friendship, family and affection.

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02/13/03
Matt Weitz
Matt Weitz
Dallas Morning News

Ozpetek succeeds in portraying small nuances that demonstrate the stages of love -- unrequited or blossoming -- and in showcasing the family structure created by a group of people who have been rejected for one reason or another.

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02/07/03
Laura Kelly
Laura Kelly
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Though intrepid in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity, Ozpetek falls short in showing us Antonia's true emotions ... But at the very least, His Secret Life will leave you thinking.

Full Review Source: Miami Herald | comment Comment
02/06/03
Marta Barber
Marta Barber
Miami Herald

This is lightweight filmmaking, to be sure, but it's pleasant enough -- and oozing with attractive men.

Full Review Source: San Diego Metropolitan | comment Comment
01/26/03
Jean Lowerison
Jean Lowerison
San Diego Metropolitan

Despite some gulps the film is a fuzzy huggy.

Full Review Source: San Diego Union-Tribune | comment Comment
01/17/03
David Elliott
David Elliott
San Diego Union-Tribune
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01/11/03
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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A movie that grows better by the minute.

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01/03/03
Desson Thomson
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