The Second

Released Dec 3, 2021

1 hr. 34 min.

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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The persona of a celebrated author is threatened when her best friend and muse reveals the dark secret behind her first novel's provenance, igniting an incendiary tale of sex, lies and betrayal.

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In this era of Metoo, do we really need another movie of woman dressing provocatively in the office and acting this way? It is really denigrating and objectifying woman.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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Mairi Cameron

Director

Rachael Blake

The Writer

Susie Porter

The Muse

Vince Colosimo

The Publisher

Martin Sacks

The Brother

Susan Prior

The Detective

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Brad Newsome

Sydney Morning Herald

A mostly engrossing mystery-thriller anchored by terrific performances by Rachael Blake and Susie Porter, though in the end it's a little unmoored by its own unnecessary tricksiness.

Jul 19, 2018

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Eddie Cockrell

Variety

"The Second" is a sexy and satisfying thriller that toys with time, memory and the provocative side of storytelling.

Jul 10, 2018

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Luke Buckmaster

Guardian

This remains, despite the onerous intellectualising, an engaging perspective explored with energy and verve.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 4, 2018

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Adrian Martin

ScreenHub

From the recent batch of Australian movies, this thriller is one of the most arresting and sophisticated.

Jun 26, 2020

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Blake Howard

Graffiti With Punctuation

Director Mairi Cameron creates an prestige aesthetic that affects a sense of haunting isolation, and writer Stephen Lance's script manipulates time and memory to weave a disturbing tale of creation. What secrets are entangled in this fiction?

Rated: 4/5

Sep 23, 2018

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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley

Adelaide Review

Mairi Cameron's feature debut is a pretentious psychodrama with a strong cast struggling to sex it up and a sneaking suspicion that we're all being infuriatingly misled.

Sep 5, 2018

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Synopsis

The persona of a celebrated author is threatened when her best friend and muse reveals the dark secret behind her first novel's provenance, igniting an incendiary tale of sex, lies and betrayal.

Director: Mairi Cameron
Executive Producer: Nick Forward, Rob Gibson, Amy Hobby, Anne Hubbell
Screenwriter: Stephen Lance
Distributor: Gravitas Ventures
Production Co: Sense & Centsability, Second Films, Screen Queensland
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 3, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 3, 2021

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