The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos)

The Secret in their Eyes (2009)

  • 91% of critics liked it
    (133 reviews)

  • 92% of users liked it
    (25,729 ratings)

Benjamin Esposito has spent his entire working life as a criminal court employee. Recently retired, and with time on his hands, he decides to write a novel. He does not decide to make up a story. There is no need to. He can draw on his own past as a civil servant for a true, moving and tragic story… More

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Apr 16, 2010 Wide
Sony Pictures Classics

Critic Reviews

  • Dave Calhoun, Time Out

    It's a film of enormous pretension and not enough reward.

  • Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

    Romantic obsession at its two extremes is explored with sympathy and intelligence in the thriller The Secret in Their Eyes...

  • Tom Long, Detroit News

    Campanella approaches the material with a classic hand -- no quick cuts, special effects or gimmicks here. This is a flesh-and-blood movie, and both Darin and Villamil bring earthy presence to the story.

  • Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News

    The entire film is stocked with images that reflect a character and story in flux.

  • Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

    Though the story occasionally seems a little too convenient to be true, it doesn't matter a whit, as the filmmaking is so skilled.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Mark W


    The 2010 Academy Awards category for Best Foreign Language film contained some strong contenders with the likes of Jacques Audiard's "A Prophet" and Michael Haneke's "The White Ribbon"; two films that could easily have laid claim to the award. However, it… More

  • Emily A


    This movie reminds me a little of Oldboy or Tell No One; it's a rivetting crime drama tied together by really endearing and human characters. This movie makes a point of letting you get to know all the characters and seeing their fears , goofiness and pettiness - all the things… More

  • Jan Marc M


    An eye for an eye. The Secret In Their Eyes is an intelligent, multiple coherent plots on love, loss, and justice with political subtexts. Highly intriguing subtle themes. Sensational.

  • Jim H


    A former criminal court prosecutor recalls a case involving a raped woman and judicial corruption. <i>The Secret in Their Eyes</i> is a superbly constructed thriller with strong performances by Ricardo Darin and Soledad Villamil, both of whom are able to convey so much… More

  • Adam M


    Great performances by the male and female leads, and fine dialogue for the supporting cast. Some great shots that show characters boxed in by their habitual environments and give a sense of texture to those environments. Unnecessary melodrama and overanxious plot shortcuts, but the… More

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