The Secret Scriptures 2016 Watch Free in HD

A psychiatrist (Eric Bana) examines Roseanne McNulty (Vanessa Redgrave), an elderly Irishwoman living in a mental institution, and learns more about her past in the process. Rooney Mara plays McNulty as a young woman, in flashbacks that detail her love triangle with a fighter pilot (Jack Reynor) and a priest (Theo James). Directed by Jim Sheridan, The Secret Scripture is based on the novel of the same name by Sebastian Barry.

Genre:

Drama

Actors:

Rooney Mara, Aidan Turner, Theo James, Eric Bana, Vanessa Redgrave, Jack Reynor, Adrian Dunbar, Susan Lynch, Pauline McLynn, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Omar Sharif Jr., ...»

Director:

Jim Sheridan

Country:

Ireland

Release:

2016

IMDb:

6.7

Quality:

Duration:

108 min

Variety

It doesn't take too long for Jim Sheridan's period romance "The Secret Scripture" to contort itself into a befuddlingly bungled mess. But at the outset, it seems to have everything going for it.

September 11, 2016

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Independent (UK)

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

May 17, 2017

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Radio Times

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 moving or intriguing as it should be.

May 18, 2017

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TheWrap

Disjointed and disinterested in entertaining any and all prospective viewers, the overlong slab of melodrama is one of the most vanilla experiences at the movies in quite some time.

September 13, 2016

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Daily Telegraph (UK)

Variously lukewarm and lugubrious ...

May 18, 2017

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HeyUGuys

The overall power of the story is female suppression across the ages that really hits home - subtly interwoven, but accompanied by that unsavoury feel of demonising the independent screen female again.

May 19, 2017

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Times (UK)

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

May 18, 2017

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The Arts Desk

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

May 19, 2017

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Little White Lies

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

May 19, 2017

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Total Film

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 face ostracism after falling for Jack Reynor's RAF pilot in '40s Sligo.

May 15, 2017

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Daily Express (UK)

The result is still a handsome romantic epic but it lacks the emotional punch of the book.

May 18, 2017

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Time Out

Goes from a fairly forgettable romantic drama into a full-tilt fiasco.

May 15, 2017

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