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30 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttSpicing up the entire package is a screenplay by Canet and Philippe Lefebvre that bristles with wit and energy.
- 90The New YorkerDavid DenbyThe New YorkerDavid DenbyIt’s Cluzet’s intense performance that makes this genre piece a heart-wrenching experience.
- 90SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirCrisply and competently filmed, Tell No One is an intriguing sample of new-school French cinema at the more commercial end of the spectrum.
- 90The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenBeautifully written and acted, Tell No One is a labyrinth in which to get deliriously lost.
- 90Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternThrillers aren't always so thrilling, but Tell No One is -- and absorbing, sometimes perplexing and often stirring as well.
- Tell No One is a French variation on "The Fugitive," but it's a more subtle, discreet animal.
- 80Village VoiceVillage VoiceAmong the movie's many delights are the fluctuating rhythms of its pacing, an atmospheric volatility that sets off the doctor's blooming paranoia against his sunlit, leafy surroundings, and a terrific cast that includes Kristin Scott Thomas.
- 75PremierePremiereIt's difficult to enjoy a thriller in which the big reveal is such a clunker, but if there's an exception to that rule, Tell No One might be it.
- 75TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghCanet and Lefevre pruned subplots and fixed the novel's ending -- it's now merely preposterous rather than patently absurd – but it's the cast that makes the genre clichés feel vivid and even fresh.
- 70VarietyLisa NesselsonVarietyLisa NesselsonThough almost laughably intricate in its plotting, this thoroughly Gallic adaptation of Harlan Coben's novel reps an entertaining sophomore outing for thesp-turned-director Guillaume Canet.