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The Secret Scripture
Directed by Jim Sheridan · starring Laurence O'Fuarain, Omar Sharif Jr. and Derek Carroll
- 4 from the press
- 4.8 · 1 vote
The Secret Scripture: reviews
- 4.7 AverageMovieNCo
- 4.8 Users1 vote
- 4.6 Critics4 reviews
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4.8 1 vote
What the critics say average 4.6 from 4
- 7.0 The Hollywood ReporterSheri Linden
Rooney Mara and Theo James deliver their most richly nuanced screen work to date in the drama, a memory piece whose true subject is Ireland?s tangled, bloody history and the Church?s toxic paternalism toward women.
Read - 4.0 The GuardianBenjamin Lee
Sheridan?s take on the material is solidly made but sorely lacking in subtlety.
Read - 4.0 VarietyAndrew Barker
A classic case of a literary adaptation capturing the high-gloss trappings of its source without getting a handle on its story or themes, 'The Secret Scripture' is like a nicely decorated Craftsman home built on a foundation of Jell-O, with a toilet where the kitchen sink should be. It looks nice on first glance, but spend any time there, and things start to get messy.
Read - 3.5 The WrapSam Fragoso
The ending of this movie is monumentally, historically, even catastophically bad. Its big reveal is so mind-numbingly asinine that it nearly retroactively erases any intelligence you may have had before watching this movie. Yes, it?s that agonizing.
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Questions about the reviews of The Secret Scripture
- What score does The Secret Scripture have?
- Readers give it 4.8 (1 vote). The critics, 4.6 on average from 4 reviews.
- What do the critics say about The Secret Scripture?
- The highest score is The Hollywood Reporter’s (7.0) and the lowest The Wrap’s (3.5).