Movie Review: Tell No One – One of the 2008’s Best

Summer just ain’t the time for foreign films especially with the “Dark Knight” currently still ruling the known universe.

I would however, encourage everyone to strike out of the multiplex, find a Landmark theater and catch “Tell No One” the fantastic French thriller currently in most major markets.

Directed by Guillaume Canet, “Tell” is an exciting thriller about a man who receives signs that the wife he’s been mourning for 8 years may or may not be dead. He must find the truth before the police and/or a shadow group gets to him first.

When it was released in France in 2006, “Tell” won 4 “Cesar” awards (the French equivalent of the Oscars) including best Director and Actor for star François Cluzet thrilling performance. If you liked movies like “The Fugitive” or the “Bourne Identity” you will definitely enjoy this movie.

Check out the trailer:



The acting was very real and thus superb because it wasn’t showy or over the top. The scripts was outstanding, chock full of twists and turns while never leaving character development by the wayside. I was on the edge of my seat and gripping the seat in front of me while I watched the movie because it was really that suspenseful.

The only ding I can give the film is for the way the mystery was resolved. It felt like an old school Agatha Christie novel where the wrap up is a bit drawn out and not properly set up by everything before it. This is not to say that you can’t connect the dots based on what the film showed, you most certainly can but there was a lot of back-story and I found myself wondering when it might end.

That being said the final moments of the movie made up for everything because it is that heart breaking. For that scene alone I would recommend “Tell No One.” Luckily you have more than 2 hours of wonderful film to appreciate and enjoy before the movies delivers its own killing shot.

Run out now and buy your ticket. Waiting for the DVD is an option but why wait when you still have time to check out one of the best films of the year.