The exquisitely coordinated performances elicit an empathy as powerful as anything I can remember feeling in a recent film.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Lael Loewenstein
There may be no young actress today better at embodying a blend of wounded innocence and stoic pride than Sarah Polley. In The Secret Life of Words, she has a part worthy of her gifts.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Gregory Kirshling
Can a single scene save a movie? An hour and 20 minutes into The Secret Life of Words, Sarah Polley delivers a halting, evocative 10-minute monologue that finally unlocks the mystery behind her guarded character.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Andrew O'Hehir
A tantalizing and beautiful picture made with tremendous integrity, and anchored by two marvelous performances, Isabel Coixet's The Secret Life of Words still, somehow, doesn't quite work.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Ella Taylor
In due course skeletons will march out of closets, but the movie yields up its secrets with slow reluctance.Read Full Review »