The Secret Scripture (2017)

Sadly Over-hyped

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

I had to cry in the end. I just imagine how many have suffered similar faiths. It is a wonderful film. Great actors. Great photography.One thing that also makes me sad, almost every film has lower ratings than it deserves! I honestly don't understand people who have to be so harsh on everything. That is why I give 10 stars to every film of tv show I loved! Great job everyone, this was a well made story.

Roseanne McNulty must vacate the soon-to-be demolished mental institution in Roscommon, Ireland that she's called home for over 50 years. The hospital's psychiatrist, Dr. William Grene, is called in to assess her condition. He finds himself intrigued by Roseanne's seemingly inscrutable rituals and tics, and her fierce attachment to her Bible, which she has over the decades transformed into a palimpsest of scripture, drawings, and cryptic diary entries. As Grene delves deeper into Roseanne's past, we see her as a young woman, whose charisma proves seductive. We learn that she moved to Sligo to work in her aunt's café, fell in love with a dashing fighter pilot), and that a local priest fell tragically in love with her. Rooney Mara in my opinion is a very overrated actress and this film shows it she's really wooden and boring in most of her films with a few exceptions of course such as Side Effects or Lion. The rest of the cast doesn't do much either for example Eric Bana who just goes from one place to another doing nothing for the entire movie plus i didn't feel any emotion coming from the cast or their characters in general if you're a fan of Mara you might enjoy it but for everyone else? Skip it. (0/10)

I'm not going to explain the story, that has been done in other reviews. What I do want to say is thisThe end of this movie brought tears to my eyes, and literally almost broke me, because I have experienced something similar. No, I didn't live in a mental institution all my life, but the pain and heartache is the same, it's excruciating, at the loss of a lover, a family member (including pets), and especially the loss of your child. At the same time the movie brought pain, it also brought healing.Many movies can be confusing at first, and some stay that way until the very end. This was not confusing at all, you just needed to follow along, and know that eventually that everything will be clear and fit into place.An awesome movie, exceptional acting, and the music is beautiful, especially the end title "The Cry Inside," written by Brian Byrne and performed by Kelly Clarkson. It was absolutely gorgeous, a masterpiece. Listening to it, and paying attention to the lyrics, is what finally broke me...I sobbed"The Cry Inside" never goes away. Rose Kennedy explained it as follows ~"It has been said, 'time heals all wounds,' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone."

This is a sweeping romantic drama that goes back and forth in time between the present with an old woman in an asylum and her younger self in "neutral" Ireland during WW2. Even though there is a clearly fictional quality to the story, the themes of the Irish conflict feel very real.Rooney Mara is eminently watchable. You can really believe her beauty is enough to drive the men in the small town to distraction. She really acts well here - wish she had more good roles.Theo James plays the villain, a lecherous priest. His face is actually quite suited to the cruel character - he should play villains more in the future. Eric Bana should be on screen more. Vanessa Redgrave wouldn't act in a mediocre movie. One fault is a lot of non Irish actors speaking with accents - need subtitles sometimes.This movie is saved by a good ending. A nice old fashioned ending that is feel good and doesn't leave you hanging.