the story lacks the same intensity of the original. Not that everyone will have seen the first one. Those who have will almost certainly find the new version lacking. Those who haven't will find a solid mystery, nothing more
the mood that Secret in Their Eyes is going for... is anything but rosy. As the story works its way toward its twisty climax - an ending that hews closely to the one in Juan Jose Campanella's original, El Secreto de Sus Ojos - things get grim, indeed
as the movie wears on, the plot points become increasingly far-fetched, and what started out as a moody if by-the-book thriller becomes increasingly silly
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