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By Matt Wolf (69) for The Arts Desk (640) on 18 May 2017

Sheridan's adaptation of Sebastian Barry's Man Booker-shortlisted novel begins portentously and spirals downwards from there…

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By Josh Slater-Williams (157) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 18 May 2017

Its lack of nuance and persistent plotting issues frequently undermine much of the potential emotional heft…

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By Lisa Giles-Keddie (242) for HeyUGuys (1,461) on 18 May 2017

The overall power of the story is female suppression across the ages that really hits home - subtly interwoven, but accompanied by that unsavoury…

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By Badgerryan19 (195) on 18 May 2017

Decent film. Pretty good action scenes. This is definitely Michael Bay's most mature movie I've seen in a while…

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By Stephen Carty (98) for Radio Times (2,421) on 17 May 2017

Mara ensures that we feel for Rose, and James is surprisingly effective as the man who ruins Rose's life, but The Secret Scripture isn't as…

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By Kevin Maher (647) for Times (UK) (2,458) on 17 May 2017

Sebastian Barry's Costa prizewinning novel is gutted and reconstituted to the point of absurdity in this cockeyed adaptation…

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By Geoffrey Macnab (1,253) for Independent (UK) (2,026) on 16 May 2017

It's the construction, not the performances, which undermines The Secret Scripture…

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By Allan Hunter (1,486) for The List (2,018) on 14 May 2017

It is an elegantly crafted, expertly acted old-fashioned weepie that manages to sell a whopper of a plot that would bring a blush to the cheeks…

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By Tom Huddleston (600) for Time Out (7,510) on 14 May 2017

So the cast is talented, the director has a decent track record and of course ‘The Secret Scripture’ looks pretty, in a picture-postcard…

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By Neil Smith (699) for Total Film (3,532) on 14 May 2017

Jim Sheridan's first Irish movie since The Boxer has trouble unpicking its mysteries, opting for a romantic soap that sees Rooney Mara's heroine…

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By John Nugent (191) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 14 May 2017

A maudlin adaptation hampered by low energy and lapses of logic, The Secret Scripture does a disservice to the book it is based on, and the…

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By Wendy Ide (1,500) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 13 May 2017

All the smouldering gorgeousness of Rooney Mara, Theo James, Jack Reynor and Eric Bana can't dress up this mawkish slog of a movie…

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By Aine O'connor (240) for Sunday Independent (Ireland) (504) on 26 Mar 2017

It could have been better, but many people will still enjoy this a lot, especially if you view it separate from the novel…

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By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 26 Mar 2017

There's a dizziness to Sheridan's cinematic storytelling here that at times makes the film hard to follow…

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By Gemma Creagh (8) for Film Ireland Magazine (354) on 24 Mar 2017

The Secret Scripture packs a lifetime - and a long one at that - into a film…

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By Donald Clarke (1,051) for Irish Times (1,391) on 23 Mar 2017

So baffling are the motivations, so weird are the coincidences and so unlikely are the catastrophes that the film suggests an adaptation of…

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By Dirigiblepulp (205) on 05 Jan 2017

A good story reduced to its simplest terms but Bay stills find a way to reduce it even more, mostly through its lack of subtlety and its cacophonous…

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By Smiyamot (258) on 16 Nov 2016

I remember the news reports when Benghazi happened, the military saying they were too far away to help, no support from Secretary of State…

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By Bitash (86) on 04 Nov 2016

Very well done action movie, the sad part for me was knowing that it's all based on true events, that no one did anything to help these Americans…

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By Leam S (5) on 11 Oct 2016

This Irish film opens with Vanessa Redgrave's Rose, an Irish woman who has spent over 40 years in a mental hospital that's about to close,…

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