"Tell No One" Film Diary

“Tell No One”, released in France with the title “Ne le dis à personne” in 2006, and was directed by Guillaume Canet. The film is based off of an American novel written by Harlan Coben. The film starts out shortly after Dr. Alexander Beck and Margot Beck got married. They were skinny dipping at Lake Champlane and then suddenly she was attacked. He ran after her to try to save her, but was too late. Dr. Beck was attacked while he was running after her and woke up in a hospital room with a doctor telling him his wife was dead. As far as Dr. Beck knew, his wife was dead for eight years, and he never thought otherwise. The serial killer that was accused of the murder of Margot has always denied that particular murder. Close to the would-be eighth anniversary of Alexander and Margot, two more bodies are discovered that authorities thought were from the same serial killer that was accused of killing Margot. Then, all of a sudden, Dr. Beck got a strange email while in his office. The strange email implied that his wife Margot was still alive and began the wild goose chase that Dr. Beck was going to have to endure to get to his wife…if she really is alive. The police then re-opened the case of Margot’s murder, and Dr. Beck was the top suspect. Someone planted evidence in his house connecting Dr. Beck to another murder. Dr. Beck had no other choice but to run from the police, as it could possibly be his only chance to meet up with his wife…if she really is alive. Dr. Beck got help from a gangster whose kid he had taken care of at the pediatricians office. After that there were so many twists and turns that you have to see it for yourself. I can’t even remember all of the twists in the plot of “Tell No One”!
The main theme of “Tell No One” is that faith will be rewarded, and to never give up.
“Tell No One” is another one that I will put on the thumbs up list. I really enjoyed this film. If the movie wasn’t in French, you wouldn’t have known it was a French film. I guess because the novel is from America, some of that carried over into the film. It just seemed like an “American style” film, but was probably done better than any American could have done. I thought that the acting in “Tell No One” was above average but not superb. The best part of this film is the twists and turns, which as good of a script as it was, in my opinion has to be credited to Harlan Coben, author of the original novel. I thought that the film was directed well, with the best scene being the chase throughout Paris between Dr. Beck and the French police. That was the only time a chase scene on foot has been that exciting. Another scene that stood out for me from my memory, is when Dr. Beck has pretty much given up on meeting his wife, when it finally hits him that it was just another clue, and figured out the password and username to the email/website. The password had to do with a U2 concert they attended while U2’s With Or Without You plays in the background. The other scene that stood out for me was the final scene, which without ruining the film, was very, VERY powerful, and almost forced me to tears. Overall, I HIGHLY recommend “Tell No One”. It is a very powerful, well done, and most important, entertaining film.