Review of Secretary (2002) by Markj. — 02 Jan 2007
The Secretary takes all of the standard 'love story' cliches and explores them with more honesty and meaning than any genre standard. Spader is perfect in his role; memories of his dysfunctional sexual nature from 'Sex, Lies and videotape' and 'Crash' had me convinced of his 'perversion' from the start.
Maggie Gyllenhaal owns the screen with every sultry moment, and her pairing with Spader works perfectly throughout. Whilst the closing minutes of the film seem to go against the unfolding plot of a tragic love story, it works perfectly in achieving its' aim of showing us that there really is someone out there for everybody.
Truly memorable performances and a truly touching film.
This review of Secretary (2002) was written by Markj. on 02 Jan 2007.
Secretary has generally received positive reviews.
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