The young woman whose murder sets the story in motion isnt a. The oscar winner for best foreign language picture at this years ceremonies, the secret in their eyes is one of the best movies of the decade and further proof that other countries are more and more responsible for delivering the deep, thoughtprovoking movies that hollywood fails to produce. The final scene in the crime thriller secret in their eyes, now in theaters, is truly one of the biggest omg endings of. Nicole kidman and julia roberts tank in secret in their eyes. With ricardo darin, soledad villamil, pablo rago, carla quevedo. That story is anchored by the events of the present day, which sees ray, now retired from the fbi, returning to l. With chiwetel ejiofor, nicole kidman, julia roberts, dean norris. The film was later remade in english in 2015 with the same translated name the secret in their eyes. Unwieldy as the story eventually turns out to be, its engrossing as it goes along to a. Benjamin and his alcoholic partner pablo sandoval feel touched with the grief of ricardo and go further in their investigation.
Its not easy to find a movie where two respected academy award winners give the worst performances of their careers. No one is prepared, however, for the shocking, unspeakable secret that will reveal the. A tightknit team of rising investigators, along with their supervisor, is suddenly torn apart when they discover that one of their own teenage daughters has been brutally murdered. A smartly done, haunting crime thriller, revolving around a brutal 1974 rapemurder investigation that is reopened 25 years later, the film charts the effect that the unsatisfactory. As for secret in their eyes, the movie manages to register its own. A because the flashback parts of the story now take place in 2002, when the city was thought to be the next likeliest target for a terrorist. This story contains major spoilers about the ending of secret in their eyes. Well, theyve done it againand, sad to say, none too wellwith the secret in their eyes, 2010s foreignlanguage oscar winner from argentina.
Recently retired and with time on his hands, he decides to write a novel. The starry cast and provocative twists should give the movie theatrical staying power. Movie info a tightknit team of rising investigators ray chiwetel ejiofor and jess julia roberts, along with their supervisor claire nicole kidman is suddenly torn apart when they. The secret in their eyes movie synopsis, summary, plot. The final scene in the crime thriller secret in their eyes, now in theaters, is truly one of the biggest omg endings of the year, delivering an i did not see that coming twist that recalibrates. A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior both of which still haunt him decades later. Like the original, secret in their eyes occupies the fraught territory between crime and punishment, political exigencies and justice.
The story follows a former fbi agent who, after years, has tracked down the killer of his best friends daughter and seeks. Behind one of the most shocking movie endings of the year. It received mixed reception from critics, who praised its performances but compared it unfavorably to the original. The secret in their eyes is a cop movie thats uninterested in cops. The film stars chiwetel ejiofor, nicole kidman, julia roberts, dean norris, and michael kelly the film was released by stxfilms on november 20, 2015.
Ray kasten chiwetel ejiofor and jess cobb julia roberts are two investigators in a private police unit led by the da. Like the original, secret in their eyes occupies the fraught territory. Im going to talk of the argentinespanish film but the plots are the same though some characters are changed. Secret in their eyes is a dark and disturbing psychological thriller. In the scripts most gutwrenching departure from the original story, the. It can be both as gripping and as lacking in nuance as its. Benjamin observes that a man named isidoro gomez is staring liliana in many pictures and he becomes the primesuspect. Secret in their eyes wastes its incredible cast on a remake that fails to improve upon or. As for roberts, she commits to an aggressive lack of moviestar sheen. The story jumps back and forth between the present and 2002, with the.
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