Tell No One

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Peter W @RT12077588 Oct 23, 2026 Tell No One is a great thriller that opens with a strong setup and a compelling mystery filled with multiple layers. While the film takes its time and unfolds more as a slow burner, it consistently builds tension through its drama and emotional weight. It is beautifully shot, with razor sharp visuals and excellent attention to detail, and the lead performance from François Cluzet is outstanding. The film’s major drawback is that it can feel longer than it actually is, and one of the biggest reveals becomes fairly obvious early on. That being said, if you enjoy films like The Fugitive, this is absolutely one worth seeking out. See more Huntin P @PaxVobiscum80 Sep 14, 2026 Tell No One, it does rely on a big dump of information, at the end of the movie, by way of explanation. Such has to be considered a structural weakness. The movie is not, after all, a whodunit. Or is it, am I wrong? It is other things. A mystery. A crime drama. A (lost) love story. An adventure. Unusually, it is a French movie based upon an American potboiler, airplane reading. I can promise you, even when you know the movie, it doesn't lose its appeal, unlike a conventional whodunit. Why is that? Probably because of its emotional resonances. The grief. The need to know. The hope. The movie makes very effective use of music, both within the drama and as original scoring. It also benefits from a strong cast and great performances. It is an emotional drama, however farfetched the story may be. See more Alain E @AlainE Jan 23, 2026 The opening scene is very strong. Also pretty inventive during the cremation the shot from inside the chamber. Then it deteriorates with all kind of sentimental back flashes including little kids kissing on the lips(!) and exaggerated "dramatic" situations, like the father with the haemophilic child. I tolerated 29 minutes. See more Jonas S @RT94167113 Jun 28, 2025 If this was an American film the reviews wouldn't be nearly as good. Absolutely impossible plot the events of which are so probablistically hinged on one another it's just completely unrealistic in any way and drags the audience down along with it. See more Glafira Regina O @Glafira_Regina Apr 29, 2025 There are these kinds of films that seem realistic and gripping at first glance, but in the end leave you only with confusion and a hint of resentment. Resentment for the wasted time and the untapped potential. Where does this obsession come from—to endlessly complicate the plot twists, which only exposes the inability to create a solid intrigue? And the actors are more or less decent. But the logic of the plot is destroyed from the very beginning in favor of some imaginary dramatic moments. Let's start with the fact that they couldn’t even manage to cast actors of the same age to make the events more believable. It’s obvious that the main character is over 40, and the actor looks all of 50 even in the early scenes. And yet the screenwriters couldn’t come up with anything better than to add another 8 years, just to make those sprint scenes by an elderly doctor look even more fantastical… Where does all that energy come from? Was the guy jogging to and from work for the past 8 years? Why not cast younger actors? Fame is fame, but logic shouldn’t be forgotten either. But it gets worse—random plot devices start popping up out of nowhere, without which the main character would’ve died by the 20th minute. These "deus ex machinas" conveniently save him right at the needed moment. And then the ending just slammed the lid shut on the coffin of what could have been a decent detective thriller. It’s clear this film wasn’t made for the thinking audience, and definitely not for detective lovers—any logically minded person would be rightfully outraged by these plot twists. The only thing that saves the film is the more or less acceptable acting. Although it’s only Cluzet who’s really trying—and together with him, the viewers stay confused right until the end. And that lazy ending? That’s on the filmmakers’ conscience, because nothing in it justifies the suffering the main character went through after losing the love of his life. So, this film is best watched with your brain switched off—and only if you don’t mind wasting two hours. Otherwise, better look for thrillers with a properly developed plot—there are plenty out there. Strong frustration with such a talentless approach to the material and the actors. But Cluzet deserves genuine respect for sprinting at 50 years old for the sake of such an empty film. See more kevenquinlan T @RT75276071 Apr 17, 2025 Ok, the dubbed the voices in= Great. Trying to read subtitles is distracting no matter how bad the dub's are- these were really good, so no biggie. The rating, like all foreign films, is much higher then it really should be. I'm going to keep it in my collection and it was a really good movie, my biggest complaint is how at the end= you have all the reveals. There is almost NO little scenes connecting people in the reveal to who they were or how they related to the main characters. It was clunky in it's delivery. There were also parts of it that were kind of preposterous and/or nonsensical. I can let a lot of stuff slide if the story is good and original and for the most part it was. This is a movie that would greatly benefit from an Good American Director and some screenplay rewrites. Otherwise- it's a really good movie. See more Read all reviews

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