Le fate ignoranti 2001

Critics score:
74 / 100

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Ty Burr, Boston Globe: It's a soapy, simplistic, but surprisingly affecting ambisexual melodrama that plays a little like Pedro Almodovar without the surreal frills. Read more

Marta Barber, Miami Herald: Though intrepid in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity, Ozpetek falls short in showing us Antonia's true emotions ... But at the very least, His Secret Life will leave you thinking. Read more

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Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune: A boisterous, occasionally deft but also finally strained and uneven work. Read more

A.O. Scott, New York Times: Ozpetek's effort has the scope and shape of an especially well-executed television movie. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Buy is an accomplished actress, and this is a big, juicy role. Read more

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Matt Weitz, Dallas Morning News: A warm but realistic meditation on friendship, family and affection. Read more

Chuck Wilson, L.A. Weekly: Moving and vibrant. Read more

Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle: Pure of intention and passably diverting, His Secret Life is light, innocuous and unremarkable. Read more

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Laura Sinagra, Village Voice: It's this memory-as-identity obviation that gives Secret Life its intermittent unease, reaffirming that long-held illusions are indeed reality, and that erasing them recasts the self. Read more