Glafira Regina O
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.
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars
04/29/25
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Audience Member
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.
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
04/17/25
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Roberto T
My main complaint is that this is basically a successful version of what the Fugitive tried to be. There are lots of details in the latter parts of the movie that only fit together a certain way, and understanding them is a demand on the audience that is rewarded by the spectacle; the brutal nature of the pursuit of Dr Beck.
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
03/26/25
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M7AMD A
The first half was good and then came the second half which ruined everything, there are so many plot holes here and some stupid decisions made throughout the movie, and what's worst is the ending it was unnecessarily complicated and didn't even make sense at all.
I only gave it a try because of the rating on IMDB 7.5 which is overrated in my opinion, also I'd like to add the movie could be 1:30 but they stretched it for 2 hours, and it felt long and boring.
Here is a review some guy wrote which explains alot of the plot holes in detail (Spoilers Alert)
"First off, if you want to make a good film, don't cram all your exposition into the last 10 minutes. The viewer is expected to be bewildered for nearly two hours, only to have Margo's father explain everything to Alex very late in the film. To make matters worse, the scriptwriter decided it wasn't enough to have the basic mystery solved, but adds in a completely unnecessary murder that we knew nothing about (involving Alex's father!).
There's some serious motivation issues with characters also. Margo's father's choices don't seem to make sense once the film is over. Why didn't he just kill Philippe's father and be done with it? Instead, a complicated plot to obscure the truth is concocted, but one which ensures that everyone will be in physical jeopardy for years (including the completely innocent photographer, who gets murdered by Philippe's father's thugs). Although Alex is a doctor (whom one would think is relatively bright), he chooses to flee the police, during which he not only endangers his own life, but those whom he involves in a nasty pile-up on the freeway. Why was Margo's friend so keen on keeping her promise to Margo, once all the crap hits the fan for Alex? And are we to think that Margo's father would rather kill himself rather than go to prison? What about his wife? Did he consider her wishes? Those are some of the main problems.
Then there are some nasty details, like: why was her father there the night of her faked death? How did he get a hold of the junkie's body on such short notice and get it back quickly in order to bury it with the other two? Alex's friend Bruno seems over-eager to be part of the mayhem, in which he and his friends have to kill for Alex, notwithstanding the perceived debt he owes Alex for saving his son's life. What good would the photos of Margo do? They don't implicate Philippe at all. And why would Margo have the safety deposit box key handy that night for her would-be abductors to take? Did I miss some other things? Probably. Minor irritations of mine include the fact that although Alex is a doctor, he smokes like a fiend. Which makes his marathon run away from the police even that more impressive. Also, when he is riding in the convertible with his lawyer, neither of them is wearing a seat belt. How bright could they be?"
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars
09/11/24
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Mike H
If this was an American movie the critic score wouldn't be anywhere near this high. This thing is nothing more than an entertaining potboiler. The acting is good, the direction is serviceable, the score is limp, also there are pop songs placed in scenes that are rather cringe. The ending was a HUGE GINORMOUS exposition dump with so many many plot holes.
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Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
04/13/24
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Ola G
Dr. Alexandre Beck (François Cluzet) has been slowly putting his life back together since his wife, Margot (Marie-Josée Croze), was apparently murdered by a serial killer using wild attack animals eight years before. However, Alex finds himself implicated in a double homicide – even though he knows nothing of the crimes. The same day, he receives an email that appears to be from Margot, which includes a link to surveillance footage that shows his wife looking alive and well; the message warns Alex that they are both being watched. As Alex struggles to stay one step ahead of the law, henchmen intimidate his acquaintances into telling them whatever they might know about him, eventually killing a friend named Charlotte...
"Tell No One" was well received both critically and commercially. Academy Award-winning British actor Michael Caine said of the film it was the best he had seen in 2007 on the BBC's Film 2007 programme. He also included it among his Top Ten movies of all time in his 2010 autobiography, The Elephant to Hollywood. (Via Wikipedia)
This French thriller based on the 2001 novel of the same name by Harlan Coben has clearly taken inspiration from the films "Frantic" and "The Fugitive" starring Harrison Ford in both. "Tell No One" won four categories at the 2007 César Awards in France: Best Director (Guillaume Canet), Best Actor (François Cluzet), Best Editing and Best Music Written for a Film. To be honest when I saw the trailer (well edited I must say...) I thought it looked somewhat intriguing, but the film suffers from a too long running time, plot holes, wishy washy performances in certain cases that don't convince, but the main issue with "Tell No One" is the far-fetched and too complicated ending that just makes everything fall flat like a pancake. And it so funny to see French movies as it's always the same actors/actresses in everything that is produced in France it seems. The same issue we have in the Nordics....
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
02/18/24
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