Secret Smile (2005) (TV)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Christopher Menaul

Writers:

Kate Brooke (screenplay)
Sean French (novel)

Release Date:

12 December 2005 (UK)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

When Miranda (Kate Ashfield) Splits up with her creepy boyfriend Brendan (David Tennant) because he...

Plot Keywords:

Female Full Frontal Nudity | Female Nudity | Pub | Sexual Abuse | Drowning In Bathtub

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Kate Ashfield	...	Miranda Cotton
David Tennant	...	Brendan Block
Claire Goose	...	Kerry Cotton
Jill Baker	...	Marcia Cotton
John Bowe	...	Derek Cotton
Keira Jane Malik	...	Naomi (as Keira Malik)
Susannah Wise	...	Laura
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Charlie Condou	...	Lawrence
James Daffern	...	Tony
Tim Faraday	...	Mick
Susie Gossling Valerio	...	Landlady
Rufus Jones	...	David
Ella Kenion	...	News Presenter
Rory Kinnear	...	Nick
Caroline Loncq	...	Magistrate
Robert Lowe	...	Troy Cotton
Sandy McDade	...	Susan
Patrick Myles	...	Harry Vermont
Daphne Neville	...	Laura's Mother
George Potts	...	Vicar
Daniel Ryan	...	Rob Prior
Richard Rycroft	...	Brendan's Lawyer
James Smith	...	Crown Court Judge
Badria Timimi	...	DI Jean Holmes
Donna Ward	...	Pub Girl
Ben Willbond	...	David's Friend

Runtime:

UK:180 min (including commercials) (2 parts)

Country:

Canada | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Acton, London, England, UK

Company:

Canada TV

Goofs:

Continuity: When Naomi gets back from talking to Miranda in the car and enters the apartment, her hair is up in a clip when she puts the key in the door. It's down when she is coming in through the door and then it is back up in a clip when she pushes the door too.

Quotes:

Brendan Block: [just found out that Miranda wants to break up with him] Miranda, I love you.
Miranda Cotton: Just go.
Brendan Block: You Bitch.

a better twist than a gin and tonic.

I would have to disagree with the comments made previously. Secret Smile was a complete breath of fresh air to drama. The characters were unusual and that is what made it an absolute triumph. I'm glad that Miranda mumbled, it shows her passiveness and lack of control in the situation. It's different that her sister was the weak one because in the end, we see the dominating character that was Brendan fooled by his own game, by the people we perceived as weak. So what if Troy isn't a class example of you depression. Who cares if you have a degree in Psychology? You're just bitter because it isn't they way you studied depression. It's fiction. Get Over It. Forget all the factual stuff of depression and the psychology behind. Fair enough I don't have the degree, but I found it truly though-provoking and found myself comparing my personality to the persona of some of the characters. It's good that I connect with the programme because you want to be fooled into thinking. Nobody has time to pick out all the certain flaws in a television programme. I loved Secret Smile and it certainly fooled me. And that my friend was pure elite drama.