Can we believe that police officers would let a psychopathic rapist and murderer go free in the name of fighting homegrown terrorism? As an allegory for human-rights abuses during the War on Terror, it's a non-starter.
Overview
One day, a mysterious letter 'F' starts to be written on doorplates in a condominium building. Since then, mysterious incidents consistently occur around Yukari Yamamoto, who is an ordinary female high school student living in the building.
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Top critics, in their words
It's Julia Roberts who owns the movie. As the grieving Jess, a woman reduced to a shadow by the death of her daughter, Roberts is a revelation here.
A dream-team cast is wasted in this contrived and morose crime thriller.
Essentially a grim procedural with too many moments of untapped potential and a moderately shocking twist.
What DOESN'T get lost in translation is what made "El Secreto De Sus Ojos" so effective: the visceral, devastating empathy we feel when a horrible injustice is committed and it ruins multiple lives.
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