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Therese

R

Released Feb 21, 2014

1 hr. 42 min.

Crime

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

List

41%

87 Reviews

Tomatometer

34%

5,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

A woman (Elizabeth Olsen) and her lover (Oscar Isaac) conspire to murder her mild-mannered husband (Tom Felton), but overwhelming guilt soon turns their passion into hatred.

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Critics Consensus

Although it benefits from a strong cast, In Secret's stars can't totally compensate for the movie's sodden pacing and overly familiar story.

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Jerod S

In Secret is a gloomy flick - but that's the point. If you do something terrible, the price is excruciating. Elisabeth Olsen is taken in by Lange and her sickly boy. But when the marriage doesn't go well, Olsen plots with another to off her husband and live in bliss.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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kevin c

Elizabeth Olsen plays a young woman living in misery with her aunt and cousin, played by Jessica Lange and Tom Felton, who strangely reminds me of Timmy from South Park in this film, her aunt suggests she marry her son and they do and all move to Paris, where she meets Oscar Isaac and begins an affair. Things go off the rails at this point. Very well acted by the four leads which make this period piece quite engaging.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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vander a

I'm surprised at the negative ratings here. I thought this movie was pretty excellent. A timeless human story that never gets old. Certainly not your standard issue blockbuster, but a thought provoking well acted and crafted movie for the intelligent movie goer.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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gianna s

It starts off well and you want to know what will happen next, but after Camille's death the movie gets slow and boring.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Others have reviewed this far better than I could. It felt a bit disjointed, like.... I like 19th century but also my modern sensibilities and language and I think the look of Whistler's mother would work, and oh, I remember something about Romeo and Juliet. Where's my scissors and tape? It also felt inappropriately adolescent. And was anyone else disturbed that Elizabeth Olsen would have been, what - "maybe" age 23 when this was filmed?!? I'm sorry, for this kind of sex stuff, that's just too young. They should have focused less on the animal smut and more on character development. I enjoyed moaning Myrtle .... just her face when she witnessed some things was more insightful and had more depth than much of what the main characters conveyed. And I guess we are just supposed to "understand" how suffocated Therese would feel, but I think in a movie, we need to be shown. I felt several gaps like this. Or like corners were turned without taking us along. And the end.... seriously? So much potential, but disturbing and disappointing, disconnected.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Audience Member

A solid but at times, unevenly miserable film with three very good perfomances. It is hard to have it both ways. The picture seemed content on not knowing which direction it wanted to go in for these characters.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Charlie Stratton

Director

Elizabeth Olsen

Therese Raquin

Oscar Isaac

Laurent LeClaire

Tom Felton

Camille Raquin

Jessica Lange

Madame Raquin

Matt Lucas

Olivier

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

Notable largely for the anguished, nuanced performance of Jessica Lange ...

Rated: 3/5

May 18, 2014

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Geoffrey Macnab

Independent (UK)

The problem is that audiences are likely to become as fed up with the murderous lovers (Oscar Isaac, Elizabeth Olsen) as they become with each other.

Rated: 2/5

May 16, 2014

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Sophie Monks Kaufman

Little White Lies

Olson and Isaac are hot but what have you done to the story, Stratton?

Rated: 2/5

May 15, 2014

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

There's nothing secret about In Secret. It sizzles and satiates.

Jan 8, 2020

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Stephen O'Nion

One Room With A View

All filler no thriller; a film which uses its fine cast to meander around tame scenes of lust before pulling back from either sustained darkness or levity...

Rated: 2/5

Jun 11, 2019

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José Teodoro

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... very little nuance or fresh insight.

Oct 12, 2017

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Synopsis

A woman (Elizabeth Olsen) and her lover (Oscar Isaac) conspire to murder her mild-mannered husband (Tom Felton), but overwhelming guilt soon turns their passion into hatred.

Director: Charlie Stratton
Executive Producer: Richard Sharkey, Jennifer Monroe, Charlie Stratton
Screenwriter: Charlie Stratton
Distributor: Roadside Attractions
Production Co: Exclusive Media Group, Wonderful Films, LD Entertainment, Pioneer Pictures
Rating: R (Sexual Content|Brief Violent Images)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 21, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 22, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $420.3K

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