Ne le dis à personne (Tell No one)

A few years ago I read a smart thriller by Harlan Coben called Tell No One; When the story begins, the lead character, Dr Beck has spent every day of the last 8 years trying to cope with the loss of his wife, brutally murdered by a serial killer. All of a sudden a message appears on his computer that could only be from her. Could the impossible be true? Could she still be alive? The message warns him to 'tell no one'.

It was a good book but I soon forgot about it. Old age and a Swiss cheese brain I guess. If you'd asked me yesterday about the plot I would have struggled to remember anything. So I was quite interested when I recently heard it had been made into a film - a French film no less - it's locations and characters transposed from the USA to France. An American crime thriller with wine and subtitles? Could that work?

I went along to my local megaplex to watch it this evening. At just over two hours Tell No One is long but perfectly paced. It's a very impressive suspense film. There's plenty of action but it's never over the top and doesn't overwhelm the excellent acting. If Hollywood had produced this movie I'm sure it would have been more lightweight, with plot points sacrificed, dumbed down for a mass target audience. This film has a touch of French style and class about it. The cast are uniformly great, it's well shot and is totally engrossing. I highly recommend it.

Tell No One is definitely worth a trip to the Cinema. Sit on the edge of your seat with a tub of Chunky Monkey and try to figure out what has happened to the Doctor's wife. If she really is alive then where has she been? Why can't anyone else know about her? Trailer