You really have to concentrate in order to follow everything that happens in "Tell No One". Unless you have an attentive friend who comes along with you to the movie theater and who you're counting on to tell you who's who and what's what, then I suggest seeing the film one more time. The question remains, is it worth seeing a second time? Yes but only if you're willing to accept all the contrived goings-on.
Dr. Alexandre Beck and his beautiful wife, Margot, go up to their summer house where she is murdered. Flash forward to eight years in the future when two bodies are discovered near the crime scene and the case is reopened. Meanwhile, Dr. Beck receives an email with an attached video that suggests his wife is still alive. I'm not going to go into all the details of the plot since it would take too long to explain everything that happens. But it seems to me that the problem with the film is that there are too many scenes that don't add up.
One big problem is the identification of Dr. Beck's wife. Her father, a former police inspector, is called upon to identify the body. They take his word for it and no further inquiries are made regarding the the true identity of the victim. As far as I'm aware, eight years ago, DNA testing was in existence so why wasn't a DNA test conducted on the body right then and there? The father's blood could have been used and they would have seen right away that the victim was in fact a prostitute and not Dr. Beck's wife.
Even if you buy that, there's the whole issue of Dr. Beck's pal from the other side of the tracks. He owes the good doctor after Beck diagnoses his son as a hemophiliac and saves him from mistreatment at the hospital. Wherever Dr. Beck goes, his hip-hop friend is there to save him; even at the point where some professional assassins have kidnapped Dr. Beck and tied him up inside a van. Out of nowhere he's plucked from certain doom and some of the assassins are easily dispatched.
Even if you're willing to suspend your disbelief again, there's the whole matter of Margot disappearing for eight years and then suddenly deciding to contact her husband after so much time. We're told that Margot's father tells her that Alexandre is dead. Even if she's in another country (presumably Brazil), is it likely that she never once decided to google information about her husband or the murder case? She would have found out right away that her husband was still alive and that her father had lied to her. Thus she certainly would have then attempted to contact her husband soon after the murder.
While I liked the mogul Neuville as the main antagonist, his character needed a lot more development. That goes double for the shadowy assassins he hires to bump off anyone connected with the murder of his son.
Tell No One is an absorbing film and keeps you on the edge of your seat to the end. But when all the loose ends are tied up, it doesn't add up. Nonetheless, if you're willing to be a little forgiving as to the plot contrivances, you will find this film to be highly entertaining.
Dr. Alexandre Beck and his beautiful wife, Margot, go up to their summer house where she is murdered. Flash forward to eight years in the future when two bodies are discovered near the crime scene and the case is reopened. Meanwhile, Dr. Beck receives an email with an attached video that suggests his wife is still alive. I'm not going to go into all the details of the plot since it would take too long to explain everything that happens. But it seems to me that the problem with the film is that there are too many scenes that don't add up.
One big problem is the identification of Dr. Beck's wife. Her father, a former police inspector, is called upon to identify the body. They take his word for it and no further inquiries are made regarding the the true identity of the victim. As far as I'm aware, eight years ago, DNA testing was in existence so why wasn't a DNA test conducted on the body right then and there? The father's blood could have been used and they would have seen right away that the victim was in fact a prostitute and not Dr. Beck's wife.
Even if you buy that, there's the whole issue of Dr. Beck's pal from the other side of the tracks. He owes the good doctor after Beck diagnoses his son as a hemophiliac and saves him from mistreatment at the hospital. Wherever Dr. Beck goes, his hip-hop friend is there to save him; even at the point where some professional assassins have kidnapped Dr. Beck and tied him up inside a van. Out of nowhere he's plucked from certain doom and some of the assassins are easily dispatched.
Even if you're willing to suspend your disbelief again, there's the whole matter of Margot disappearing for eight years and then suddenly deciding to contact her husband after so much time. We're told that Margot's father tells her that Alexandre is dead. Even if she's in another country (presumably Brazil), is it likely that she never once decided to google information about her husband or the murder case? She would have found out right away that her husband was still alive and that her father had lied to her. Thus she certainly would have then attempted to contact her husband soon after the murder.
While I liked the mogul Neuville as the main antagonist, his character needed a lot more development. That goes double for the shadowy assassins he hires to bump off anyone connected with the murder of his son.
Tell No One is an absorbing film and keeps you on the edge of your seat to the end. But when all the loose ends are tied up, it doesn't add up. Nonetheless, if you're willing to be a little forgiving as to the plot contrivances, you will find this film to be highly entertaining.