Review of Secrets

Secrets (1971)
3/10
Dreary little soap opera
7 May 2008
Warning: Spoilers
Jenny (Jacqueline Bisset) and Allan (Robert Powell) are unhappily married. In the course of one afternoon they each have sex with other people--her with Raoul (Per Oscarsson) and him with Beatrice (Shirley Knight). Heck, even their kid Judy (Tarka Kings) has sex with a stranger (Martin C. Thurley)! It ends up with all of them keeping their sex a secret--but it saves their marriage.

The direction, acting, story, cinematography, the entire movie should have been kept a secret too! Boring, slow and utterly predictable soap opera that was barely released in 1971. It was reissued in 1977 when Bisset hit it big (sort of) with "The Deep". All the ads made it clear that she was nude in it but the reviews killed the movie again. This gets a 3 only for Bisset--she is a beautiful woman with a incredible body and she does what little she can to save this. The rest of the cast, composed of very good actors, appeared to be on drugs. This is of interest now only to see Bisset nude. Otherwise you can safely skip this. Someone told me that he saw an interview with Bisset quite a few years ago and she refused to discuss this movie. That should tell you something.
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