Every Secret Thing (2014)

Every Secret Thing: Directed by Amy Berg. With Diane Lane, Brynne Norquist, Eva Grace Kellner, Lily Pilblad. A detective looks to unravel a mystery surrounding missing children and the prime suspects: two young women who, seven years ago, were put away for an infant’s death.

“A three year old child goes missing in a small town where two teenage girls live, girls who had been recently released from prisoned for a previous child kidnapping and murder. Needless to say, suspicion soon falls on them.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe central idea in this film recalls the notorious British crime, the Jamie Bulger case. In this instance two young boys kidnapped and killed a toddler. It created a media storm and has remained notorious ever since. For this reason, the ideas underpinning this story are based on controversial ground but the film itself is handled in a very understated manner. Itu0026#39;s partly a police procedural mystery and part psychological drama. Of the former, it is perhaps not as intriguing as it could be, although admittedly it does have some twists and turns; of the latter it is perhaps more successful where it looks at why a couple of damaged girls and one mother act the way they do. Itu0026#39;s an efficient film, rather than an especially good one but it did keep my interest from start to finish.”