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Hidden Secrets Review- Cinema in Focus
October 10 2006
Secrets have a way of confusing us. Rather than confessing the truth and allowing the possibility of forgiveness to set us free, secrets keep us prisoners of their shame, infesting our hearts and minds, distorting the choices we make. This truth is the theme of "Hidden Secrets," directed by veteran actor Cary Scott in his directing debut.Similar to Lawrence Kasdan's 1983 film "The Big Chill", "Hidden Secrets" gathers a group of childhood friends who are grieving the death of a central member of their group named Chris. Like the former film, the members of this group are disparate and yet connected with the unconditional acceptance childhood relationships grant. But there are several differences between the two films. In this film, these 30-something young adults are not struggling with the promiscuous drug culture of their 1960's teen years, but with the issues of faith, abortion, homosexuality and fundamentalism which permeated their 1990's coming of age. Another difference is that this film is written from a clearly Christian perspective while not shying away from the complexities of belief and disbelief, hypocrisy and skepticism, love and judgment.
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