Secret in their Eyes

Secret in their Eyes

Rating 6 out of 10

This movie looked very interesting to me.  Great cast.  Chiwetel Ejiofor (always good), Julia Roberts (leaving the pretty woman looks behind), Nicole Kidman and Alfred Molina.  In the trailer we see three cops showing up at a crime scene of a murdered girl in a dumpster only to find out it's Roberts beloved daughter.  The movie is set in early 2002 in LA.  Not long after 9/11 when hysteria of another terrorist attack is high.  When the main suspect is also someone linked to the Muslim community and may be considered an asset politics play into his prosecution or lack there of.

Flash forward thirteen years and Ejiofor who is no longer with the department has tracked down the bad guy and begins to make efforts to locate him.  Kidman is now the D.A. They are not sure even if they find him that they have enough to prosecute him.

The problem with this movie (besides it being pretty slow) is all the flashbacks.  Instead of telling the movie in order the director gives us chunks of now mixed with pieces of thirteen years ago. The main way of telling what time you are in is by Kidmans hair length.

There is a nice twist at the end but over all with this cast it should have been much better.  Will make a good rainy day rental.