Tell No One poster

Tell No One (2006)

Film · 2h 11m · In French

Crime, Drama, Foreign (non-English), Mystery, Thriller

A man races against time to unravel a mystery, as a wife's reappearance implicates him in her murder.

Suspenseful and melancholy. A full-attention watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it is heavy.

Streaming on Prime Video, Plex (free) and Tubi (free).

Tell No One parents guide

There is no US rating to lean on, so here is what we tagged: strong violence and some strong language.

Scare
Mildly scary
A few tense or eerie moments.
Jump scares
A couple
One or two sudden jolts.
Gore
Light gore
Some blood or injury, briefly.
Violence
Strong violence
Violence is frequent or intense.
Sex and nudity
Mild
Mild means innuendo, or sex implied off screen, with no nudity.
Language
Moderate
Some strong profanity, a few f-words.

How we rate: an AI reads what is known about each title and tags it 0 to 3; we check the tags against a hand-rated set and correct them by hand when readers tell us. Estimates, not a scene-by-scene review. Spot a mistake? Tell us.

Three questions

Is Tell No One scary?
Only a little. Tell No One has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
How gory is Tell No One?
Light gore and strong violence.

What is Tell No One about?

A man receives a mysterious email appearing to be from his wife, who was murdered years earlier. As he frantically tries to find out whether she's alive, he finds himself being implicated in her death.

Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)

There is a twist, and that is all we are saying.

Cast and crew

Directed byGuillaume Canet
StarringFrançois Cluzet, Marie-Josée Croze, André Dussollier, Kristin Scott Thomas, François Berléand, Nathalie Baye

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