The Secret Scripture

Audience Reviews

View More

William V @WilliamMatthewConnolly 2d Definitely one of the greatest movies I've ever seen comparable in truthfulness and compassion to Doctor Zhivago, depicting everlasting love of a man and a woman and the ignorance and cruelty of clerics, medical gurus, physicians, nurses, over diagnosing the healthy, subjecting them to heavy drugs and electroshocks, violent locals who kill out of partisanship, and war heroes who sacrifice all for loved ones. for one loved most of all his young bride to be, and for that young woman's unparalleled bravery to stand by her man and to reject conformity with the close minded society, the paralyzing fundamentalist strict Christian clerics, and the medieval cruel mentality of psychiatrists, which did great harm, misunderstanding human nature, averting eyes when love, loyalty, truth slaps them in the face. Yes, this is Doctor Zhivago set in Ireland during World War II until the 1960s when a young doctor and nurse save an aged mother, as the emerald isle is reborn, awash true, free at last. See more Michele W @M7Walsh Feb 5 I absolutely LOVED this movie! Bravo!!! I haven't cried throughout a movie like this since The Notebook. Whoever wrote this understood the meaning of true love. I cried for the heartbreak. I cried for the tragedy of her life, and I cried for the happy ending. The acting was amazing throughout. See more KT G @RT05920166 Nov 20 I loved this very moving film. It was tragically sad, emotionally beautiful, true love story vibes with deep passion and complete corruption and heartbreak on a huge scale. Its a weepy movie but has all the other emotions tied in also with a great story line and tremendous ending. See more Murray C @RT17687985 May 12 When a volunteer Irish WW2 pilot is shot down and miraculously ejects a few hundred yards from his own home town, is taken in undetected by a local girl and later emerges in full dress uniform which came from who-knows-where, you know you're dealing with filmmakers for whom a realistic plot is unimportant. Later, when a heavily pregnant woman flees at fast pace from pursuers, swims several hundred metres across choppy open seawater, and then gives birth in under a minute, you know you're dealing with writers, directors and actors who have never known a pregnant lady. Couple these unbelievable plot devices with a cliche-ridden story that makes no sense whatsoever, and you'll see the preposterously unlikely ending coming a mile off. If the soporific pace hasn't put you to sleep by then, that is. The only things that makes it watchable is the strong performances from Rooney Mara, Vanessa Redgrave and Theo James. See more Katarzyna D @RT68185775 02/16/2025 I would do more sad ending since it's not true and true adaptation of the book. It would make more sense. Now is it like fairytale with too happily ever after. See more Sue F @RT51865396 12/17/2024 The timelines and ages just don't work. Rose is supposed to be nearly 100. She gave birth in 1942. She has been in the asylum for 50 years. It is now either around 2008 (novel date) or 2017 (film date). So there's an extra 15-20 years unaccounted for, where was she then? And if she's nearly 100, she'd have been born about 1908-1917, so the young Rose in 1942 is between 25 (maybe) and 34 (unlikely). Rooney Mara was 32 but her character seems younger. Alternatively, if we assume the film is set in the 1990s, giving her 50 years in the asylum and nowhere else, she'd have been 50 when she gave birth. Hmm. If we go with the later dates, Dr Stephen Grene should be about 70, but at filming he was about 50 (and looks rather younger). Doesn't add up, unless we drop the idea of Rose being about 100 and say she is in her 70s. In which case, why headline it with "The chief psychiatrist of a soon-to-be-razed mental institution tries to uncover the mystery behind the confinement of a 100-year-old patient."? See more Read all reviews

The Secret Scripture

My Rating

Read More Read Less POST RATING WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW

Most Popular at Home Now