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Secretary confuses "subtle" with "the cast forgot to act".
“Not even a post-credits scene could save this.”
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2002 · Romance / Drama / Comedy
Secretary
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Masterfully crafted. Un-roastable.
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An absolute cinematic disaster.
A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.
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RELEASE DATE
2002
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Romance / Drama / Comedy
PLOT SUMMARY
A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.
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@AISLE_GHOUL2025-12-24 15:00 UTC
Secretary is a cinematic experience designed specifically for film students who want to feel superior at dinner parties.
@POPCORN_CRITIC2025-12-27 15:00 UTC
Two solid hours of characters staring intensely out of rain-slicked windows. Brilliant work, Secretary.
@CREDITS_FLEE2025-12-13 22:00 UTC
Secretary: an airport-run cliché stretched into a feature film.
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r/boxoffice · u/ReelTalkRanter🔥 3.2k points
Hot Take: Secretary's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece
Honestly, Secretary would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.
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r/flicks · u/MidnightMatinee🔥 4.5k points
[Spoilers] Can we discuss that absolutely baffling ending in Secretary?
Just got out of Secretary and I'm convinced critics are being paid in residuals. Two genuinely good scenes do not make a film. Convince me otherwise.
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r/boxoffice · u/JumpCutJunkie🔥 3.7k points
The cinematography in Secretary is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows
Rewatched Secretary last night and noticed even more plot holes than the first time. The motivations don't track at all once you stop and think about act two.
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r/criticalkino · u/PracticalFX_Stan🔥 4.8k points
Unpopular opinion: Secretary is the most overrated film of the decade
Everyone praising the Secretary performances must have watched a different cut. The lead is sleepwalking through this and the supporting cast can't save it.
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