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Don't Tell a Soul

  • 2020
  • R
  • 1h 23m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
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Mena Suvari, Rainn Wilson, Jack Dylan Grazer, and Fionn Whitehead in Don't Tell a Soul (2020)
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Two thieving teenage brothers, stealing money to help their sick mom, match wits with a troubled security guard stuck at the bottom of a forgotten well.Two thieving teenage brothers, stealing money to help their sick mom, match wits with a troubled security guard stuck at the bottom of a forgotten well.Two thieving teenage brothers, stealing money to help their sick mom, match wits with a troubled security guard stuck at the bottom of a forgotten well.

  • Director
    • Alex McAulay
  • Writer
    • Alex McAulay
  • Stars
    • Jack Dylan Grazer
    • Fionn Whitehead
    • Rainn Wilson
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.9/10
    5K
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    • Director
      • Alex McAulay
    • Writer
      • Alex McAulay
    • Stars
      • Jack Dylan Grazer
      • Fionn Whitehead
      • Rainn Wilson
    • 83User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
    • 45Metascore
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    Jack Dylan Grazer
    Jack Dylan Grazer
    • Joey
    Fionn Whitehead
    Fionn Whitehead
    • Matt
    Rainn Wilson
    Rainn Wilson
    • Mr. Hamby…
    Mena Suvari
    Mena Suvari
    • Carol
    Graham Lutes
    Graham Lutes
    • Tom Chowdee
    McKenna Christine Poe
    McKenna Christine Poe
    • Teenage Girl on Car
    Kate Duncan
    Kate Duncan
    • Teenage Girl at Party
    Seth Poe
    • Teenage Boy at Party
    Shannon Cogan
    • News Anchor
    Richard Fike
    Richard Fike
    • Officer Smith
    Abigail Esmena
    Abigail Esmena
    • Officer Crane
    • (as Abigail Froehle)
    Brian Tanke
    Brian Tanke
    • Plunkett
    Max Neace
    Max Neace
    • Plunkett Jr.
    Jacob Dufour
    • Party Guy
    • (uncredited)
    Joseph m Robinson
    Joseph m Robinson
    • Party Guy
    • (uncredited)
    Damon Sudduth
    Damon Sudduth
    • Party Guy
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Alex McAulay
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      • Alex McAulay
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    • Trivia
      Jack Dylan Grazer was such a huge fan of The Office and Rainn Wilson' character in it that at first he was extremely awkward and tongue tied around Wilson. "Dwight is my idol," he said. "I love The Office more than anything in this entire world."
    • Goofs
      Around 34:10 when Matt throws the tank into the hole, any reasonable person would know that they could just turn the valve off, it would have been easy to show that Matt removed the valve handle, but he/the writers didn't do this. Instead, it's thrown in and Hamby attempts to throw this heavy tank of poison gas up 20+ feet to get it away which of course he fails at, instead of just turning the valve.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Half in the Bag: Synchronic, Promising Young Woman, and Psycho Goreman (2021)
    • Soundtracks
      Slip It In
      Written by Greg Ginn (as Gregory Ginn)

      Performed by Black Flag

      Courtesy of SST Records, Inc.

    User reviews83

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    5/10
    Digs itself a hole and can't get out of it
    'Don't Tell a Soul' is something similar to what I would produce if I ever wrote a screenplay I suspect. I would just think "what is the most interesting thing that could happen next?" and then write it, with no regard for whether that is consistent with the story or the characters. There are some truly baffling character decisions in this film. The tempo switches and the changing of motives is almost impossible to keep up with. It's a shame because it truly hampers a film that, if handled the write way, had some real potential.

    The film digs itself a bit of a hole (so to speak) early on and I don't think they knew how to dig their way out of it realistically. There's an interesting premise set up, but the logical next step to push the story along isn't a logical step. From there the story and character arcs all just go out of the window and the film falls apart. Where Mena Suvari's character for example ends up is about as ridiculous of a thing as I've seen in a film.

    I wanted to like 'Don't Tell a Soul' but it just never clicked for me. Even at a very short 83 minutes it still feels like it drags on a little. Rainn Wilson is always fun to watch in anything he does, and there's the odd curve-ball in the mix that is a bit of fun, but overall this film didn't work for me at all.
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    • jtindahouse
    • Jan 15, 2021

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    • Release date
      • January 15, 2021 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Не кажи нікому
    • Filming locations
      • Louisville, Kentucky, USA(on location)
    • Production companies
      • Unbridled Films
      • Mangano Movies & Media
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 23 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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