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Metascore
11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Arizona RepublicElizabeth MontgomeryArizona RepublicElizabeth MontgomeryOnce you start this film, you might not want it to end.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleCarla MeyerSan Francisco ChronicleCarla MeyerDespite most everything else in the movie being predictable, Bray’s mystery is hard to guess.
- 45Vanity FairRichard LawsonVanity FairRichard LawsonHopefully the deceptively stern ideological stance of The Secret has been dampened enough by Tennant and his cast’s efforts (the great Celia Weston is also a standout as Miranda’s hovering, lightly nagging mother-in-law) that only the better, more wanly encouraging notes of its decidedly capitalist fantasy will linger in people’s minds.
- 40The GuardianBenjamin LeeThe GuardianBenjamin LeeIt’s mostly kind of tolerable in a low stakes, rosé-wine-swigging way, inoffensively middling rather than rotten, an easy, undemanding afternoon watch with nothing of note other than a few laughably dumb moments..
- 40The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckShorn of its New Age platitudes, the film works reasonably well as a mature, feel-good romance, especially since Holmes and Lucas are so engaging that you find yourselves rooting for their characters to get together.
- 40CNNBrian LowryCNNBrian LowryThe Secret: Dare to Dream at best feels like a tepid distraction even for those receptive to its blueprint, far from the stuff that dreams are made of.
- 30Los Angeles TimesKevin CrustLos Angeles TimesKevin CrustIt’s competent filmmaking in the service of lousy storytelling.
- 30VarietyCourtney HowardVarietyCourtney HowardLittered with confounding clichés and hokey devices, director/co-writer Andy Tennant’s feature is the exact inverse of what a passionate romance should aspire to be, let alone one preaching the power of positivity.
- 25UproxxVince ManciniUproxxVince ManciniDare To Dream delivers The Secret‘s philosophy in classic Nicholas Sparks movie format, complete with deferred scholarships, single mothers finding love, and copious Spanish moss.
- 25New York PostJohnny OleksinskiNew York PostJohnny OleksinskiDirector Andy Tennant’s tone, by the way, resembles that of religious films, like last year’s “Breakthrough” with Chrissy Metz. Holmes is wholesome, and her third-wheel suitor, Tuck (Jerry O’Connell), is well-intended, if tortilla-flat. The music is cheesy and inspirational. But the whole thing is covered in materialist grime.