Hidden Agenda

Hidden Agenda (1990)

  • 83% of critics liked it
    (18 reviews)

  • 72% of users liked it
    (668 ratings)

This political thriller is set against the backdrop of Northern Ireland's "Troubles" and directed in the documentary fashion common to British filmmaker Ken Loach's films. Paul Sullivan (Brad Dourif) and Ingrid Jessner (Frances McDormand) are American attorneys serving on a human… More

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Mystery & Suspense, Drama
In Theaters
Sep 11, 1990 Wide
HBO Video

Critic Reviews

  • Variety Staff, Variety

    Though it attempts to make an acceptable theatrical entertainment out of a complex political saga, Hidden Agenda lacks bigscreen impact.

  • Stephen Garrett, Time Out

    There's plenty of evidence of Loach's undiminished power as a film-maker, and equally ample evidence that something is very rotten in the state of Northern Ireland.

  • Caryn James, New York Times

    This quietly explosive film comes to resonate more loudly than melodrama.

  • Hal Hinson, Washington Post

    Ken Loach's Hidden Agenda must be the most buttoned-down movie about a conspiracy theory ever made.

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    Its own terms and for much of the way, this is a superior thriller.

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  • John B


    A Ken Loach film without a great deal of hype but I would highly recommend searching through the older film rack to take a look at this one.

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