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Tell No One

Tell No One

2006
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
2h 11m
Originally released in France in 2006. Eight years ago, Margot Beck has been murdered by a serial killer. If the killer has confessed eight of these murders, he has always denied to be responsible for Margot's one. Anyway the specific mutilations found on her body made all doubts disappear... (imdb)
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Tell No One

2006
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
2h 11m
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Rated 16 Sep 2009
8
84th
Quite possibly the best thriller I've seen these last two or three years. Tense, dynamic, energetic, well-acted and surprising without resorting to randomness.
Rated 09 Jun 2009
77
64th
Really solid film with a spectacular plot and great performances. However, this could have been much better if not for using an easy plot device to tie things together and an atrocious soundtrack. Still, this more than kept my attention and made my heart beat a little faster than its used to.
Rated 01 Aug 2009
82
87th
One of the best thrillers of the decade. Highly recommended.
Rated 10 Jul 2012
84
88th
One of the most exciting, intelligent and nerve-wracking thrillers I've seen in years. Some incredible action scenes, mixed with a clever conspiracy and mystery. A lot of fun.
Rated 27 Dec 2008
89
83rd
The French do this kind of intellectual thriller so well. Think *Cache*, or *With a Friend Like Harry*, or *Swimming Pool* . *Tell No One* is the best of the lot, smart, involving, and suspenseful. It also is complex; it rewards patience and attention with a climax in which all questions are answered, all secrets revealed. Stick with it, and you may not see a more intriguing film this year.
Rated 28 Apr 2013
88
76th
Great thriller starring the french version of Dustin Hoffman!
Rated 30 Nov 2012
89
82nd
Amazing thriller when all's said and done. The ending didn't bother me at all. In fact I thought it was damn splendid and I'm soon going to have to give this film a rewatch.
Rated 09 Nov 2009
40
21st
A film can thoroughly outsmart its audience only to reveal its cards at the end, but that doesn't make it a more enjoyable experience. The vast majority of this film is like every second cop movie you see: the lead character, accused of the murder of a loved one, is the only person looking for the real killer. Kristin Scott Thomas is always great, but the lead in this is very unappealing, and the thug buddies who keep materializing to save the day are absurd.
Rated 05 Mar 2011
95
81st
Thriller mysteries have died in recent years. Some have become too predictable, while others give away too much in the beginning. This film does neither of these things, and keeps what I loved from the book intact. The acting from the entire cast is spot on. The plot and screenplay are perfect. Every scene is interesting and the mystery keeps you guessing until the very end. The camera work is exceptional, as well as the soundtrack. I felt like I was watching a film of high quality all around.
Rated 26 Mar 2012
41
20th
The film had a very promising first few minutes. After that there was hardly any suspense and the plot developments were embarrassingly infeasible (considering how seriously the film seemed to take itself) or simply not very interesting.
Rated 13 Feb 2012
60
54th
Engaging, sure, but there are som flawed elements, here and there. When the cheesy gets beyond cheesy. The lead actor would have benefited from a more subtle approach at times. A lot of things keeps this from being really good.
Rated 29 Jul 2008
31
17th
Too long, too much exposition at the end of the film tying up all loose ends. By that point, I no longer cared anymore.
Rated 06 Jan 2011
85
90th
Wow. Immensely entertaining. Well-directed and acted, always a treat to see Kristin Scott-Thomas as well. And who knew Dustin Hoffman was such a natural-sounding french-speaker?
Rated 01 Apr 2008
50
55th
Regular thriller. Nicely done but kind of ridiculous.
Rated 27 Jun 2010
67
30th
An interesting semi-Hitchcockian thriller that sort of implodes at the end. The film keeps withholding information and the plot gets more and more complicated until finally revealing everything... with a far-too-lengthy and somewhat anti-climactic piece of exposition. Furthermore, it seemed to leave several plot holes, or at least unanswered questions. Still, the movie has some thrilling moments and does hold your interest.
Rated 22 Nov 2020
75
77th
A thoroughly enjoyable French thriller that manages to play with the genre tropes quite elegantly while keeping the story anchored in realistically portrayed characters.
Rated 07 Jun 2012
79
72nd
Guillaume Canet a.k.a Marion Cotillard's husband proves he's a very good director. The script helps a lot because it's awesome.
Rated 10 Mar 2010
66
45th
They used to make this kind of movie with Harrison Ford --innocent man on the run, being framed by people in high places. Here it gets the French treatment, and it holds up well until it gets bogged down in explanation and reversal at the end.
Rated 05 Jul 2016
19
10th
It all seemed rather fantastical and there was little suspense.
Rated 26 Oct 2008
70
72nd
French women are simply delectable.
Rated 18 Apr 2009
79
66th
Entertaining action ride, if slightly silly. Not quite on a par with similar-themed films like Frantic or The Fugitive, this one has most of the elements but needs a more sympathetic, or at least more charismatic hero. The story is a little too complex, to the degree that it frustrates. I don't mind reveals but at some point the writer needed to think if there wasn't a simpler solution. I would have liked it to feel more French, I think Canet was trying too hard to imitate Hollywood.
Rated 05 Sep 2010
2
39th
Clever story, well directed and strong acting all around. Bonus points for a great chase scene, small demerit for a too typical "let's have a character explain everything"-ending.
Rated 24 Jul 2009
3
74th
An engaging and interesting murder mystery/thriller. It falters a bit near the end, but nothing really ruins the experience. For the most part it's paced pretty well.
Rated 04 Dec 2011
77
24th
Starts with some promise but eventually delivers a relatively dull thriller. Difficult to believe this deserves to rate as higher than a TV whodunnit.
Rated 04 Oct 2012
92
93rd
A very human thriller with wonderful (and believable) twists. Highly recommended.
Rated 10 Oct 2008
75
54th
The story gets kind of convoluted, and the narrative suffers from third act uber-exposition, but the direction and acting make it really worthwhile.
Rated 22 Aug 2011
80
79th
Great movie, well done, decent pace. Only issue I have is with the Deus Ex Machina with Bruno's friends.
Rated 22 Sep 2013
90
59th
Gripping story.... a little more complicated to be what it is.
Rated 17 Mar 2013
96
96th
a fantastic murder mystery with some nice surprises.
Rated 29 Dec 2010
87
69th
A psychological thriller with plenty of action and even bloody violence. An everyman is drawn into a complex intrigue centering on his wife's murder 8 years ago -- or was she murdered at all? Structural fourth-act problems involving excess exposition, but there is still room for another twist to make you re-evaluate much of the story, and cheat you of the seeming resolution you expect. Often blunt and creative, although stretching at points. The title turns out to be quite apt.
Rated 26 Jun 2010
72
87th
A tight thriller with a love story on top of that. Story is a bit far fetched, but the direction, editing and cinematography are so good that it all works out great. Some little bits like gangster sidekick or bad guys bothered me, but hey, if you watch a thriller by Hitchcock you'll see some of that too.
Rated 21 Nov 2010
65
26th
Nice premise and solidly made, but the lead was too wooden and the plot became ever more preposterous. Spoorloos did this much better.
Rated 26 Jul 2008
55
24th
An intriguing story drives a good-but-not-great French thriller.
Rated 02 Feb 2011
30
78th
"Hitchcock's "Wrong Man" scenario gets an invigorating French update in Tell No One, a long-winded but gripping thriller based on American author Harlan Coben's bestseller." - Nick Schager
Rated 05 Mar 2012
84
87th
Being a little too complicated hinders the enjoyment a bit, but still an engaging and suspenseful mystery. Loved it.
Rated 16 Apr 2008
73
26th
A standard, derivative thriller, receiving extra points for a well-handled, downplayed chase and losing them again for one of those silly "one man talking for five minutes" explanatory endings. And I applaud the filmmakers for removing the book's incredibly ridiculous final twist.
Rated 23 Mar 2014
90
95th
Nearly perfect. A well crafted masterpiece.
Rated 13 May 2009
90
90th
A nice and twisty thriller with some clever bits around it, but for some reason it just struck a chord with me. Really, really enjoyed it. And I didn't really mind that it slowed way down towards the end; that actually worked for me.
Rated 30 Sep 2015
80
85th
A gripping French, mystery thriller; I hardly noticed the 131 minutes go by. And Croze is sublimely watch-able.
Rated 30 Nov 2010
8
78th
Guillaume Canet is a great director, smart enough not to succomb to easy resolutions, charicatural representations and other perilous pitfalls. I enjoyed the intricate and involving plot and the performances are really good. I am stupefied as to why folks are put off by the ending. Could you have guessed it had the makers not taken the time to explain this shit to you ?
Rated 03 Sep 2012
4
51st
If your finale consists of little more than a 30 minute exposition dump, then you should probably try to rework the script. Disappointing ending aside, this is a intermittently engaging thriller that will appeal to fans of the genre. Some nice use of Jeff Buckley and U2.
Rated 10 Oct 2013
80
74th
This is a really weird cinematic experience! When you analyze the pretty stupid convoluted plot, characters and revelations coming in from nowhere, daft things happening, 10 minutes of exposition at the end like some Hercule Poirot mystery, you would think this was a pretty miserable mess of a movie, but the reality is I loved it. Sure it's daft, totally implausible and all could've been avoided by 1 bullet, but brilliant acting, production, music and characters made this an enjoyable 2 hours.
Rated 05 Mar 2016
55
12th
Passable French thriller.
Rated 25 Feb 2009
74
31st
A little disappointed by the long-winded explanation of the mystery at the end, but it had all the right elements to keep me engaged the whole time.
Rated 15 Jul 2014
79
65th
A solid thriller (with a great extended chase scene in the middle of the movie), though completely implausible, complicated, and with a few too many characters. The movie survives all this with good pacing and cinematography.
Rated 11 Apr 2011
50
18th
karisinin oldurulusunden 8 yil sonra gizli bir mesaj alan koca, cinayetten suphelenir ve olayin pesine duser. turun beklenen "belaya bulasma, cinayetin uzerine kalmasi" kliseleride islenerek ortalama bir film cikmis
Rated 04 Jul 2011
80
80th
Overall Enjoyment: 30/40, Plot/Themes: 20/20, Cinematography/Direction: 15/20, Acting/Writing: 15/20 Tense fast paced mystery with a gripping story that kept me guessing the entire time. One of the least predictable movies I've ever seen.
Rated 05 Apr 2009
79
46th
This movie has a solid "wrong man" premise going for it and a great chase to go with that. Once the wrong man stuff tapers off, so does the movie. The exposition at the end was certainly one way to tie the plot together - I submit that it was also the worst and most annoying possible means of doing so.
Rated 07 Jan 2015
72
52nd
One of the worst endings to an otherwise decent thriller. It's a shame the filmmaker resorted to lazy storytelling. Not a well-written script at all. And apparently I'm not the only one who thinks the lead looks like French Dustin Hoffman.
Rated 18 Sep 2017
21
4th
You know, when you watch a Hollywood adaptation of a movie and it just doesn't feel right? This is an American story adapted to a French setting and it feels exactly like that. I live in France and this story just doesn't fit. It is intricate alright; but not interesting intricate; just messy complex. Even though, it is full of A-list French actors, the acting is very flat also; the framing/photography... every part of it is a mess. I didn't enjoy it one bit.
Rated 11 Jul 2009
6
70th
A slick and entertaining murder mystery thriller with a cool chase, cool twists, and a protagonist who looks disconcertingly like a young French Dustin Hoffman. The only major flaw is the fact that the movie's climax is literally a fifteen-minute exposition dump.
Rated 26 Dec 2015
3
59th
Well shot and entertaining, but not as solid as the reviews led me to believe. In the end, the plot was actually very flimsy.
Rated 14 Nov 2009
90
94th
There is no better movie made when a mystery is well done. Especially when you are finding out when the main character is finding everything out or when you fell like you are left in the dark a like the main character. The characters are very interesting to watch and none of the characters are a waste. The movie does take some time but it really benefits as the movie slowly unravels, revealing what is going on and why. I did find it a bit predictable as to what happened, but it was worth it.
Rated 15 Oct 2018
95
86th
Wow, not being a french speaker I didn't get a single word except "sil vous plait, merci, excuse moi" but it kept me interested until the end.

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