They Wouldn’t Believe It, Anyway
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It all began one violent night at the lake house. But now, nearly a decade later, Alex (François Cluzet) has learned that the gruesome murder that evening of his wife, Margot (Marie-Josée Croze), was not what it appeared to be. And until “Tell No One,” the new film by the French director Guillaume Canet, rather laboriously tries to explain itself, this hot-blooded thriller does an excellent job of spinning a very complex tale.
Clocking in at 125 minutes, “Tell No One” comes with at least two plot twists too many, and a tell-all finale that practically merits its own intermission. But otherwise, Mr. Canet, who adapted Harlan Coben’s popular page-turner with screenwriter Philippe Lefebvre, strikes a near-perfect balance of suspense and raw emotion.
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