Wonderful Movie

Overrated and overhyped

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Everyone should pay attention to this one little fact, everyone rating this 5 or below, has seen the original and seem to have a grudge this was made. Haters need to find a life! What this for yourself, whether or not you love it, you will not be bored one second of it.

You always hear that you should only write about what you know. Obviously Billy Ray knows nothing about the criminal justice system. There are federal crimes and there are state crimes. Murder is 100% only a state crime, unless it's some part of a RICO conspiracy. Why would the FBI be doing surveillance on a mosque in order to stop a potential terrorist attack out of a state district attorney's office? Is the FBI L.A. field office so packed that they're renting out space? Why would they even remotely be working together? It doesn't happen. FBI works with the U.S. Attorney's Office, and even then they don't work INSIDE the office. Until the case is ready to be prosecuted, they just work out of their own office. From trying to find the perp at a Dodger's game (and incredibly successfully being able to do so in a sea of 56,000 people), to allowing the FBI agent/Proscecutor played by Julia Roberts to completely contaminate the crime scene, to beating up the perp after he finally gives you a confession. Ugh, the bad writing goes on and on. Please, Mr. Ray, hire a consultant next time so your story will have a remote ring of truth to it.

A tight-knit 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. Even tho the film is at times a bit slow and not as well developed as it could at times, Secret in Their Eyes (2015) benefits directly from a dark and serious perfomance from Julia Roberts who does an incredible job in the lead role, Nicole Kidman and Chiwetel Ejiofor are also good in their roles. The film's end tho was kinda fast and not what i was expecting but even with it's flaws the film is still watchable and it's better than most reviewers said. (7.5/10)

This film is far better than than 6.2 rating it has received which seems mostly to come from those wanting to compare it to the Argentinian original. I am rating this as a separate film and not comparing it to the original. The acting is top notch and believable. Ejiofor, Kidman and Roberts all do a great job. It's an interesting crime thriller with some twists and turns. It's about a team of rising investigators, along with their supervisor, whose worlds are suddenly torn apart during a homicide investigation that hits close to home. It was completely watchable and entertaining. I'm not saying this is a high brow, blow your socks of type of movie, but it certainly deserves a far higher rating. I am certainly not saying that the original might not be much better. I have it on my list to watch but in my opinion, if you like thrillers and movies with some twists and turns and want to be entertained I recommend giving it a chance.