All film reviews are not created equal.....

[marmar]

I was just scanning the web for a review of Tell No One (Ne le dis à personne), a French film I want to check out this week:

So I used The Google and arrived at a website innocuously titled MovieGuide.org, and read through the review, when I stumbed on these graphs:

Content:
(HH, HoHo, B, LLL, VV, S, NNN, A, D, MM) Strong humanist worldview with no mention of God, mixed with strong homosexual elements wherein protagonist relies on his lesbian sister’s lover as his confidante, but man loves his wife and tries to help her survive nefarious forces; 36 obscenities, no profanities; strong violence includes characters shot onscreen with pistol and shotgun, offscreen shootings as well, fist fights, slap, car crashes, woman viciously kicked and beat up, images of corpses; sexual content includes lesbian references, including perfunctory lesbian kiss on lips, and references to rape; full frontal male and female nudity, though seen from a distance, plus rear female and male nudity; much alcohol drinking but no drunkenness; much smoking; and, kidnapping, murder, lying, hiding evidence from police, criminal injustice, and corruption.
Summary:
TELL NO ONE is an intriguing French movie about a widower who is still grieving his wife’s murder from eight years ago, but then receives an e-mail and video from his late wife, proving she’s not dead. TELL NO ONE is a well-made thriller, but foul language, nudity and homosexual characters offset the movie’s appeal.

So then I scrolled back to the top of the page, and saw this little note that I missed:

Movieguide is a ministry dedicated to redeeming the values of the mass media according to biblical principles, by influencing entertainment industry executives and helping families make wise media choices.

Not exactly Siskel & Ebert. :think:

[DS1]

1. sounds like capalert

[saltpoint]

2. Never heard of the Movieguide source, but from the reading here,

I'm not in any big rush to find it either.

"36 obscenities." When a film reviewer begins quantifying obscenities, run the other way.

Jack Nicholson's characters often cover 36 obscenities in 2 or 3 sentences, let alone two and a half hours.

Also the remaining review reads like a cut-out paper-doll sequence of bigoted talking points, directed at "Christian" audiences.

Haven't seen this film, but now I may go, just to show some support for it.

[Lint Head]

3. It is amazing how the fear of death is used to control people.

We all die. People that take advantage of an individual's natural fear of dying are mentally warped. They are so neurotic they want to make sure others are constantly reminded of hell and death. Being so morbidly afraid of death themselves, they want others to share in their fear. They are cowards that do not want to be alone. Guess what sports fans. Nobody dies 'for you' or 'with you'. Jesus died for you but you must die alone. A ministry that is dedicated to redeeming the values of the mass media wants to make sure you support Evangelists that would rob your grandmother if they can get a new Cadillac. :dem:

[Ichingcarpenter]

4. rotten tomatoes gives it a 91% with

over 65 known international professional reviewers of film and movies.
That is a very high review for rotten tomatoes.

http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/ne_le_dis_a_personne/?page=4&critic=columns&sortby=date&name_order=asc&view=#mo
I use rotten tomatoes because you get multiple reviews.

[scarletwoman]

5. Rotten Tomatoes is a way cool site!

I was just about to look up the link after I read the OP, and then I saw you already had it covered. :thumbsup:

sw

[prole_for_peace]

6. This movie based on a book by Harlan Coben of the same name

Very good book (as all of his books are). I wonder why it is being made by a French company instead of 'Murican.

[Vickers]

7. "by influencing entertainment industry executives"

Yeah, lemme know how that's workin' out for ya.

:rofl: