Synopsis
A widow with three children hires a handyman to fix her house during a major storm. When not doing home repairs, he shares his philosophy of believing in the power of the universe to deliver what we want.
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Cast
- Katie HolmesMiranda Wells
- Josh LucasBray Johnson
- Jerry O'ConnellTucker Wells
- Celia WestonBobby
- Sarah HoffmeisterMissy Wells
- Aidan Pierce BrennanGreg Wells
- Chloe LeeBess Wells
- Katrina BeginJennifer
- Sydney TennantSloane
- Samantha BeaulieuCharmaine
Recommendations
- 70
Arizona Republic
Once you start this film, you might not want it to end. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
Despite most everything else in the movie being predictable, Bray’s mystery is hard to guess. - 45
Vanity Fair
Hopefully the deceptively stern ideological stance of The Secret has been dampened enough by Tennant and his cast’s efforts (the great Celia Weston is also a standout as Miranda’s hovering, lightly nagging mother-in-law) that only the better, more wanly encouraging notes of its decidedly capitalist fantasy will linger in people’s minds. - 40
The Guardian
It’s mostly kind of tolerable in a low stakes, rosé-wine-swigging way, inoffensively middling rather than rotten, an easy, undemanding afternoon watch with nothing of note other than a few laughably dumb moments.. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
Shorn of its New Age platitudes, the film works reasonably well as a mature, feel-good romance, especially since Holmes and Lucas are so engaging that you find yourselves rooting for their characters to get together. - 40
CNN
The Secret: Dare to Dream at best feels like a tepid distraction even for those receptive to its blueprint, far from the stuff that dreams are made of. - 30
Los Angeles Times
It’s competent filmmaking in the service of lousy storytelling. - 30
Variety
Littered with confounding clichés and hokey devices, director/co-writer Andy Tennant’s feature is the exact inverse of what a passionate romance should aspire to be, let alone one preaching the power of positivity.
