This is a fantastic, well paced movie. For just under 90 minutes not a single scene is wasted. Give it a watch!
88 Reviews
No, tell a lot of people!
darncrow10 October 2021
Good Twists and Turns.....
gab-6759916 January 2021
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I normally love handing out 10's like candy, if I can watch the movie all the way through. Also if I get surprised by something that happens in the movie. I have seen A LOT of movies, so to surprise me is not easy.
It was a bit unbelievable with the gun changing hand to hand, I think I literally rolled my eyes a few times. All in all, worth the time to watch. I just wish it had a better ending.
It was a bit unbelievable with the gun changing hand to hand, I think I literally rolled my eyes a few times. All in all, worth the time to watch. I just wish it had a better ending.
definitely worth to watch
carolinesilver25 July 2021
Surprised Me
stevendbeard31 January 2021
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I saw "Don't Tell a Soul", starring Fionn Whitehead-The Children Act, Dunkirk; Jack Dylan Grazer-Shazam!, the new It movies; Mena Suvari-American Horror Story_tv, American Beauty and Rainn Wilson-Mom_tv, The Meg.
I wasn't expecting much but this movie surprised me and it has a nice twist near the end. Fionn-17-& Jack-15-are two teenaged brothers that decide to rob a house that is being fumigated-so the owner isn't home. They hear that the occupant has some cash hidden in the house and think it will be an easy score. Fionn tells Jack that the money could help Mena, their sick mother. During their escape, Fionn & Jack run into Rainn, a security guard that is walking by and Rainn decides to give chase. Unfortunately, Rainn falls into a hidden well while in pursuit of the young felons. Fionn is a bit of a bully to Jack-you know how brothers can be-and tells Jack that they are scott free if they just leave Rainn in the well. Jack is a bit more sensitive and wants to help Rainn out of the hole. Dilemmas, dilemmas. If they help Rainn out, he might turn the boys in. If they don't, Rainn could die. When the twist pops up, it really gets interesting.
It's rated "R" for language, violence, drug use and sexual content-no nudity except on posters-and has a running time of 1 hour & 23 minutes.
I enjoyed it and would buy it on DVD.
Digs itself a hole and can't get out of it
jtindahouse15 January 2021
'Don't Tell a Soul' is something similar to what I would produce if I ever wrote a screenplay I suspect. I would just think "what is the most interesting thing that could happen next?" and then write it, with no regard for whether that is consistent with the story or the characters. There are some truly baffling character decisions in this film. The tempo switches and the changing of motives is almost impossible to keep up with. It's a shame because it truly hampers a film that, if handled the write way, had some real potential.
The film digs itself a bit of a hole (so to speak) early on and I don't think they knew how to dig their way out of it realistically. There's an interesting premise set up, but the logical next step to push the story along isn't a logical step. From there the story and character arcs all just go out of the window and the film falls apart. Where Mena Suvari's character for example ends up is about as ridiculous of a thing as I've seen in a film.
I wanted to like 'Don't Tell a Soul' but it just never clicked for me. Even at a very short 83 minutes it still feels like it drags on a little. Rainn Wilson is always fun to watch in anything he does, and there's the odd curve-ball in the mix that is a bit of fun, but overall this film didn't work for me at all.
The film digs itself a bit of a hole (so to speak) early on and I don't think they knew how to dig their way out of it realistically. There's an interesting premise set up, but the logical next step to push the story along isn't a logical step. From there the story and character arcs all just go out of the window and the film falls apart. Where Mena Suvari's character for example ends up is about as ridiculous of a thing as I've seen in a film.
I wanted to like 'Don't Tell a Soul' but it just never clicked for me. Even at a very short 83 minutes it still feels like it drags on a little. Rainn Wilson is always fun to watch in anything he does, and there's the odd curve-ball in the mix that is a bit of fun, but overall this film didn't work for me at all.
It's good movie.
Lilith_i24 August 2022
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It's well acted, even if it feel short is a fine length for the story, is better than just padding up the run time with things that don't matter.
The relationship between the brothers is awful, I dread to think on who it may be based on, but it comes to show what growing up in a dysfunctional family can do to people.
As for spoilers: I would have rated higher if they'd had the guts to kill Joey at the end. Matt and Joey are obviously disturbed by what they witnessed growing up, and it would have been a more wrenching ending if that environment would have ended with Matt killing Joey.
I know is brutal, but the movie is quite bleak, so why not go all the way?
I have to say that I couldn't believe some of the decisions Joey takes, his inability to stand up to his brother at first shows how submissive he can be to brute force, still can kind of torture an "innocent man" for his pleasure. Then the decisions seemed psychotic, like he got a new pet/dad he could somehow control. Was he becoming a serial killer? Is that what we witnessed?
Anyway, good effort.
The relationship between the brothers is awful, I dread to think on who it may be based on, but it comes to show what growing up in a dysfunctional family can do to people.
As for spoilers: I would have rated higher if they'd had the guts to kill Joey at the end. Matt and Joey are obviously disturbed by what they witnessed growing up, and it would have been a more wrenching ending if that environment would have ended with Matt killing Joey.
I know is brutal, but the movie is quite bleak, so why not go all the way?
I have to say that I couldn't believe some of the decisions Joey takes, his inability to stand up to his brother at first shows how submissive he can be to brute force, still can kind of torture an "innocent man" for his pleasure. Then the decisions seemed psychotic, like he got a new pet/dad he could somehow control. Was he becoming a serial killer? Is that what we witnessed?
Anyway, good effort.
The apples don't fall far from the tree
Horror_Flick_Fanatic9 February 2021
The story started out fine but quickly spirals south. The characters make very dumb decisions that no one would really do if they were under the same conditions. I just think the screen writers just didn't know what they were doing. It felt like they didn't have the character arcs and the story well laid before the cameras began rolling. They just wrote in twists for the sake of subverting expectations but without a well laid out plan.
I am also very disappointed with Mena Suvari acting performance. It was seriously bad. She was the weakest actor of the whole cast.
Anyway, to summarize this film. I would say the main idea of this film would be, "The apples don't fall far from the tree". In the end, all of the main characters were rotten. Even the younger boy, Joey.
I am also very disappointed with Mena Suvari acting performance. It was seriously bad. She was the weakest actor of the whole cast.
Anyway, to summarize this film. I would say the main idea of this film would be, "The apples don't fall far from the tree". In the end, all of the main characters were rotten. Even the younger boy, Joey.
Brutal family drama
sachaput5016 January 2021
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Two teen brothers rob a home that has been tented, and find themselves with different goals. The younger brother thought the money was going to be used to help their ill mother, but the older one has other plans.
Chased by what appears to be a security guard, when he falls down an abandoned hole the brothers have different reactions to the incident.
A bit over long, but well acted with a twist I didn't see coming.
Chased by what appears to be a security guard, when he falls down an abandoned hole the brothers have different reactions to the incident.
A bit over long, but well acted with a twist I didn't see coming.
Don't Tell a Soul... About this movie
questl-1859221 January 2022
Zero expectations going into this, I just happened to see the disc on the shelf, saw Rainn Wilson in it and had to give it a go. Sadly, it lives down to those expectations pretty well. It's an interesting enough premise, two kids running from someone and that someone crashes through a covered well and is trapped. Now those kids have an ethical dilemma, help the guy but then probably get busted for the things they were up to or let him rot and face the moral consequences. It's the kind of movie I would love to see take a narrow focus, barely leaving the sight of incident, a dialogue heavy back and forth, a game of cat and mouse while the trapped tries to talk the boys into helping him...
That is so not this movie. Of course there just has to be a twist at the end and I found it pretty obnoxious and fairly obvious as the movie progressed. Beyond that though, it really falls hard into one of the more annoying tropes of recent years. That of utterly sadistic, murderous demon-children. Not just a bully, but a prepubescent serial killer. In this instance, it also happens to be the kid's brother and it's just so obnoxious to have a prominent character with his only defining trait being that he's a monstrous hellspawn. The movie attempts to deal with this somewhat, but it lacks the conviction to actually stick the landing.
All in all, this feels like a tv mainstay just waiting for circulation. It's not aggressively bad, it just lacks the follow through to really hit the good bits.
That is so not this movie. Of course there just has to be a twist at the end and I found it pretty obnoxious and fairly obvious as the movie progressed. Beyond that though, it really falls hard into one of the more annoying tropes of recent years. That of utterly sadistic, murderous demon-children. Not just a bully, but a prepubescent serial killer. In this instance, it also happens to be the kid's brother and it's just so obnoxious to have a prominent character with his only defining trait being that he's a monstrous hellspawn. The movie attempts to deal with this somewhat, but it lacks the conviction to actually stick the landing.
All in all, this feels like a tv mainstay just waiting for circulation. It's not aggressively bad, it just lacks the follow through to really hit the good bits.
surprisingly good
furmbym18 January 2021
I wasn't expecting much going in to this, the plot description seemed a bit thin but the twists in the story were really unexpected and kept me entertained throughout. It is a dark film hence not the highest rating and not usually my style but I give it an 8 for its original story and emotional rollercoaster this film provides. Well worth a watch, glad i watched it even if it was deep and one of the most original films I have watched this year. But ps don't tell a soul
A decent movie that's really hard to enjoy
opiaterein11 April 2021
Almost everyone's heard of characters you love to hate.
Problem is, not all of us love it.
The character of Matt, the older brother, made it REALLY difficult for me to enjoy most of this movie. He's such an unmitigated pile of rancid human garbage.... Every time I saw his face or heard his voice, I just thought, "Would you please just eff off and die already?" (That said, it would be a terrible sin against Fionn Whitehead to omit mention of what an excellent job he does playing this character. He's 97% as believable as he is despicable. I think the other 3% can be explained if we assume Fionn is just a generally nice guy who deep down doesn't understand people like Matt. Unfortunately they do exist. Anyway, here's hoping Fionn does more work like his brilliant performance in the Black Mirror special Bandersnatch.)
Thankfully the younger brother Joey is really the main character, so we spend more time with him than with the trashstorm that is his brother. Joey really is a good kid without any adequate role models, struggling to figure out how one goes about being a good person in a world that's mean as hell. If there's any compelling reason to watch this movie, it's the character of Joey.
The plot is relatively thin (which should be obvious; it's a movie about a boy talking to a guy down a hole) but what is there mostly works. It's only toward the end that it starts to push the limits of credibility.
Bottom line, a fair character study of a good boy in a bad world, and an effective psychodrama. Just don't expect satisfaction, and don't be surprised if Matt brings your blood to a rolling boil.
Problem is, not all of us love it.
The character of Matt, the older brother, made it REALLY difficult for me to enjoy most of this movie. He's such an unmitigated pile of rancid human garbage.... Every time I saw his face or heard his voice, I just thought, "Would you please just eff off and die already?" (That said, it would be a terrible sin against Fionn Whitehead to omit mention of what an excellent job he does playing this character. He's 97% as believable as he is despicable. I think the other 3% can be explained if we assume Fionn is just a generally nice guy who deep down doesn't understand people like Matt. Unfortunately they do exist. Anyway, here's hoping Fionn does more work like his brilliant performance in the Black Mirror special Bandersnatch.)
Thankfully the younger brother Joey is really the main character, so we spend more time with him than with the trashstorm that is his brother. Joey really is a good kid without any adequate role models, struggling to figure out how one goes about being a good person in a world that's mean as hell. If there's any compelling reason to watch this movie, it's the character of Joey.
The plot is relatively thin (which should be obvious; it's a movie about a boy talking to a guy down a hole) but what is there mostly works. It's only toward the end that it starts to push the limits of credibility.
Bottom line, a fair character study of a good boy in a bad world, and an effective psychodrama. Just don't expect satisfaction, and don't be surprised if Matt brings your blood to a rolling boil.
JEEPERS
pjkblue-3592613 February 2021
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Could have had potential, but it was full of nonsense.
Fionn Whitehead played the typical character you hate in the first five minutes.
The rest was blahhh.
My ending of this mess would be as follows:
as Hamby and Joey are driving away in the truck, the police arrive and an ensuing shootout happens; Hamby doesn't kill the female cop but takes her gun and then taunts the older brother Matt trapped in the back of the cruiser, then kills him. As Hamby goes back to the truck, that's when Carol the mother kills Hamby with the rifle from her porch. Then Mom and good son live happily ever after with the stolen money and whatever reward there is outstanding from Hamby.
It's a crap ending to have the vile brother suddenly have a love-fest and epiphany after kicking the crap out of Joey in the hole. He's the character that should go the way of Hamby - dead and gone, forgotten.
Totally unrealistic events, but it's a movie!
Decent
kmagers-4851412 April 2021
Not bad for a new age movie
drystyx17 July 2021
This is a story of two brothers, the older one of whom is a homicidal maniac, who rob 10,000 that just happens to be sitting in a very vulnerable spot for some unknown reason. They are out in the woods, and the money is in a tent that is being fumigated it seems.
When they leave, they're in the middle of the woods, and for some reason a security guard appears and chases them.
This basically comes down to a "one character" in Hell story. The younger brother is surrounded by maniacs wherever he goes. The story is through his eyes, and that's fair, because he does have to make difficult decisions.
Any more would be a spoiler. Suffice to say, this is unfortunately set in what is supposed to be a real world, but it's more a Twilight Zone arena. However, if we're seeing it through the eyes of the one interesting character, then that suffices if one doesn't expect too much.
The biggest problem is that the writer sets this in Louisville, and he's obviously oblivious to Louisville. There is NOWHERE in Louisville that is this isolated. Louisville is too densely populated throughout to have an open woods arena that no one ventures into. It just cannot happen. The parks in Louisville are hardly what can be called "parks". They're crowded beyond redemption. Even the less traveled ones don't have the solitude needed for this story line. You have to go at least 20 miles outside the county to have a longshot chance for that.
Still, there are maniacs like the older brother, sadists who look for excuses to hurt others, abounding in Louisville, so that much is true.
When they leave, they're in the middle of the woods, and for some reason a security guard appears and chases them.
This basically comes down to a "one character" in Hell story. The younger brother is surrounded by maniacs wherever he goes. The story is through his eyes, and that's fair, because he does have to make difficult decisions.
Any more would be a spoiler. Suffice to say, this is unfortunately set in what is supposed to be a real world, but it's more a Twilight Zone arena. However, if we're seeing it through the eyes of the one interesting character, then that suffices if one doesn't expect too much.
The biggest problem is that the writer sets this in Louisville, and he's obviously oblivious to Louisville. There is NOWHERE in Louisville that is this isolated. Louisville is too densely populated throughout to have an open woods arena that no one ventures into. It just cannot happen. The parks in Louisville are hardly what can be called "parks". They're crowded beyond redemption. Even the less traveled ones don't have the solitude needed for this story line. You have to go at least 20 miles outside the county to have a longshot chance for that.
Still, there are maniacs like the older brother, sadists who look for excuses to hurt others, abounding in Louisville, so that much is true.
Ok movie with a little weird twist.
midnitepantera31 January 2021
Left me restless
Leofwine_draca26 November 2021
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One of those cheap and dark dramas made on an obvious low budget and shot out in the woods somewhere. Rainn Wilson is surprisingly good in a serious role for once but that's where the interesting stuff ends here. You get the bickering brothers and the power play between them which is interesting to a degree, plus their ailing mother played by Mena Suvari. But the material is stretched to breaking point by the lack of plot development, and in the end I was restless.
Jack Dylan Grazer, Attention This Boy...
yusufpiskin25 February 2021
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Man I just love Jack Dylan Grazer. He is such a promising young actor and I believe he has a great future.
This movie was absolutely brilliant and amazing fionn whitehead scared me so much and made me wanna punch him in the face which just goes to prove how amazing of an actor he is the same goes to the rest of the cast aswell There were multiple plots throughout the movie and they all blended in together to one plot which i thought was absolutely amazing and done subtly Finding out that rainn wilson was not actually who he had been saying he was was so cool and such a, not major but also not minor, shock factor.
Absolutely loved this movie amazing amazing and amazing.
This movie was absolutely brilliant and amazing fionn whitehead scared me so much and made me wanna punch him in the face which just goes to prove how amazing of an actor he is the same goes to the rest of the cast aswell There were multiple plots throughout the movie and they all blended in together to one plot which i thought was absolutely amazing and done subtly Finding out that rainn wilson was not actually who he had been saying he was was so cool and such a, not major but also not minor, shock factor.
Absolutely loved this movie amazing amazing and amazing.
Annoying but interesting
caroline_chupaa17 January 2021
The plot is very easily written. The whole situation though could have been fixed so easily and early on. I understand it's a movie and I'm sure there's a lot of kids out there that actually would have been able to put them selves in a similar stupid selfish situation without thinking out a solution. And that's what bothers me the most, how is it possible to put yourself in this situation? Get a rope, get a ladder for him. Run off. He wouldn't have been able to catch up because of his ancle anyways. Or call someone anonymous and give the police or another friend a tip that someone yelled help from the woods or admit finding someone in the well. Sooo many options. That could have been done within the first hours. And still none was made.
Underrated film, what is wrong with people, borat is better?? Really?????
joiningjt21 March 2021
Another film that people rate WAY to low, it's a low budget thriller and delivers on everything a suspense thriller should. Also features outstanding acting by the whole cast, believable story and was well directed. Some of the story line was a little weak but it all comes together in the end. I just dont get people anymore that 2nd Borat film was absolutely horrible and yet it scores higher than this well made ACTUAL MOVIE!!!!!!
Good Thriller
pacman-8125 November 2021
Worth a watch for half the movie
martyk007-653-91638515 February 2021
I thought it was definately one of the better movies recently
ryanlion-3851419 May 2022
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Seriously, I almost turned it off towards the begining like someone else said. I stayed with it and boy did it get way better! The pacing of it was very good. The characters all made you feel emotion good or bad. It definately picks up and keeps you engaged. I have seen a ton of bad movies and believe me this is not one of them. I also like the length and the fact it wasn't overdrawn too long. There is some.suspend your disbelief but nothing like what has hit the movie market lately. The only part I could really say much about is when everyone at the party just watches him nearly kill his brother at a party and nobody intervenes or says a word. Really? Other than that I thought it was well made and may not be one to watch over and over, but def worth checking out.
Good movie
hannahmsv16 January 2021
What a mess of a script
pass275-895-4734004 February 2021
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