Directed by Juan José Campanella.
Starring: Guillermo Francella, Javier Godino, Jose Luis Gioia, Pablo Rago, Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil.
Plot: A retired legal attorney writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unsolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior – both of which still haunt him decades later.
I got an email from lovefilm saying I won two tickets to the reviewers screening on 2 August but it was apparently sent late last night and said I have to reply by 9am tomorrow (which is today I assume) to confirm attendance. I swear I only got it now though! Did anyone else receive this email? It’s that comp that superhero posted.
Sadly not, I’d like to have gone!
Yup, I received this email saying I’d won a pair of tickets too (thanks for posting the comp superhero!), but I received mine at about 3pm.
I replied there and then. Got no confirmation back from them yet though… Meant to send one out with details of where the screening will be.
Hi I too have received an email at 11.36am yesterday and I replied straight away. saying :
"Hi there
congratulations on winning a pair of tickets to our special ‘reviewers’ screening of the Oscar-winning film, The Secrets in their Eyes.
The screening is happening on Monday 2nd August, and there will be a 6-6:30pm start.
**Please reply to this e-mail by 9am tomorrow to confirm you can attend and receive location details**
Following the screening, we would love you to write a review of the film for the LOVEFiLM site. Tom Charity, our resident reviewer, will judge the entrees and the best one will become an ‘official’ review.
We hope you can make it!"
I have not received the location details yet. Fingers crossed we will receive something soon – it is on Monday after all !!
I am hoping to team this offer up with the Fire & Stone free pizza posting – many thanks for that
PS Thanks again to superhero for the Secret in Their Eyes posting
I just received the email with the full details, result!
Me too!!
See you there 
oooo…have fun. I have to work
Damn, I wanted to win, one of them thar films getting so much acclaim I simply must see.
This is a really fantastic film – I loved it – it’s exceptional.
It was also really interesting to see a different society’s take on the criminal investigation/prosecution process and the main character’s alcoholic friend was hilarious.
Just as a word of warning, i won a pair of tickets through Lovefilm for the screening of The A-Team, sent my confirmation email and didnt receive any more information regarding location, etc. Thus not being able to go!
I have since sent a complaint to them and they were sincerely sorry for the non-response and have since offered me some preview tickets at a later date.
Just thought i’d let you know, they dont seem tot be the best at communication, very annoying when you think you have won a competion!
I am sure it was only a misunderstanding – annoying but the rest seem to have got the email with the details.
Not many seats left empty at the MPC Wardour Street, but then that’s not that difficult if there are only 53.
Imagine you have one criminal case that haunts you all your life because it spills over in your own life and changes it completely. Imagine you love a woman all your life even though she is always out of reach. Imagine what you would do if someone raped and killed your wife and did not get the punishment he deserved. This is the story of The Secret in Their Eyes, and it’s a cracking one.
The OH did his usual "Oh please don’t tell me this isn’t in English!" when the first subtitles came up but then really enjoyed it too (as he always does). It starts a bit slow, but I hardly dared breathe in the last half hour. I constantly tried to guess what was coming and I got a few things right but I was too slow for the final twist, as logical as it was. Had a few tears in my eyes at the final scene. There were brilliant performances all-round and I would not hesitate in recommending this film.
8/10
I have a week now to write a coherent review for lovefilm!
Sitting with chicken on a fork is perhaps not a good way to write a short review on the film, but…
Having not been to the MPC since Franklyn last February, it’s nice they’ve changed the entrance to the back.
The screening was nice, bit of an annoyance in the back row with phones, but overal the screen was clear, the sound excellent, and the digital print, mmmmm gorgeous.
The film, however, was a little bit of a let down in the final half an hour, what begins as an entertaining and interesting drama about a cop case preying on one man’s mind, ala Zodiac, trails off into various endings that never have as big an impact as they should and the characters become a little dull.
Still, better than the other nominees this year, and man, that Stadium scene, how’s that for choreography.
8/10
That was my OH’s phone.
I sincerely apologize, he usually always switches it off and never gets a call anyway, the one time he doesn’t he promptly gets one! So embarrassing! And then it was the AA, for God’s sake! Not that he answered, we found out from the number later. 
Huh. I specifically liked the last half hour! Oh well.
It’s no worry, it was over before the half hour mark, and it wasn’t too loud, it was just one of those things (I thought it was a little odd having mobiles in the older parts of the film)
What a fantastic movie, kept me guessing all the way through – cant wait to see this one again (9.99999/10)
My work colleague was raving about this yesterday. Not sure how she got to see it but she said her and her husband saw it a while ago
She did mention that it was called something like, The Secret in their Eyes or The Secret in their Ears 
so I wonder if she saw the original Spanish language version and got a bit mixed up with her translation (not sure I should take her review too seriously then, her Spanish may not be as good as I thought!).
Anyway, I’m very intrigued to see this following the positive views. Seems like my type of film. Maybe time to use one of my precious odeon vouchers – if it is showing through the odeon chain.
http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/films/the-s … 34680.html
Oooh wanna see it, wanna see it!
oooooh me too, love foreign films
Glad to see this movie is now on general release – excellent film (10/10) for me – cant believe i am raving about a foreign film!!!
(PS thanks again for the Secret in their Eyes/Lovefilm posting)
I haven’t seen that many foreign movies but my liking for them is growing and this one looks like something to look forward too.
It’s on at Picturehouses in any case.
Time Out was disappointingly disparaging about this and only gave it 2/5 ( http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/886 … -eyes.html) but I still really want to see it. Sounds much more my sort of thing than Scott Pilgrim, as long as the flashbacks aren’t too confusing.
No, they are not, in the flashbacks his hair is black, in the present it’s grey. Simples.
It’s a wonderful film and knowing you, will be much more your cup of tea than Scott Pilgrim.
5 stars from Empire:
http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/rev … etter%20(1)