Little Secrets

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Little Secrets

PG

Released Aug 23, 2002

1h 34m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Drama

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Emily (Evan Rachel Wood) is a plucky preteen who is entrusted with her young neighbors' most private and cherished secrets. Every Wednesday, Emily sets up a booth in her backyard that regularly attracts the guilty young souls of the neighborhood. These include Philip (Michael Angarano), whose clumsiness and his interest in Emily make him a challenging client. But complications ensue when she suddenly finds it difficult to keep all of her neighbors' secrets to herself.

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Critics Consensus

Little Secrets is wholesome entertainment for the kids, but also rather bland.

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Lisa Schwarzbaum

Entertainment Weekly

The kids in this syrupy family picture are spunky tykes and the adults are dolts, but Wood is worth watching because she's so clearly ready to play nobody's girl but her own.

Rated: C+

Sep 5, 2002

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Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

There are a lot of movies out there made for fourteen-year-old boys, a ton of movies made for six-year-old kids, this movie is made for ten-year-old girls and for what it is, I really like it.

Aug 27, 2002

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Scott Foundas

Variety

What you end up with are a bunch of kids acting not like kids, but how adults who've lost all sense of what it was like to be a kid think kids behave.

Aug 23, 2002

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

A very broad annoying and overemotional little drama...

Apr 29, 2009

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Mark Halverson

Sacramento News & Review

Rated: 4/5

Aug 7, 2008

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 3/5

Aug 27, 2005

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Stephen C

Unfunny in 1 hour and 42 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $405,200.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/20/25

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i am not used to watching movies w all of the characters are good guys whose worst flaws are keeping a secret or petty theft or obnoxious white lies. Evan Rachel Wood is good in this. her role is weird at 1st bc i know her from Westworld also given her young age & what i know of her deal w Marilyn Manson. it feels creepy to watch w 2021 eyes.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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There are moments sprinkled about this show that are unforgettable.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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Audience Member

Decent Pre-Adolescent Flick

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Audience Member

morale of the story: don't keep secrets from the people you want to be close with

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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QUE MALA PELICULA APESAR DE QUE LA ACTRIZ ES BONITA NO ALCANZA PARA AGUANTAR ESTA PORQUERIA

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Synopsis

Emily (Evan Rachel Wood) is a plucky preteen who is entrusted with her young neighbors' most private and cherished secrets. Every Wednesday, Emily sets up a booth in her backyard that regularly attracts the guilty young souls of the neighborhood. These include Philip (Michael Angarano), whose clumsiness and his interest in Emily make him a challenging client. But complications ensue when she suddenly finds it difficult to keep all of her neighbors' secrets to herself.

Director: Blair Treu
Producer: Jessica Barondes, Don Schain
Screenwriter: Jessica Barondes
Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Company
Production Co: Samuel Goldwyn Production, TriStar Pictures
Rating: PG (Thematic Elements)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 23, 2002, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 30, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $405.2K
Runtime: 1h 34m
Sound Mix: Surround

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