Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- witty
- awkward
- tense
- group movie night
- date night
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The seven friends place their phones on the table and agree to share every message, image, and speakerphone call.
The evening dinner and its shared phone game create a confined environment where revelations accumulate in real time.
The plot turns on messages, photographs, and calls that reveal hidden relationships and private behavior.
The friends' long-standing relationships are destabilized as each phone discloses embarrassing or explosive information.
Films like The Perfect Secret, and why
Perfect Strangers
ensemble relationship comedy built around secrets, social performance, and escalating revelations during a shared dinner
The Dinner Game
socially awkward dinner-party comedy where concealed personal tensions surface through conversation and interpersonal games
Carnage
contained ensemble drama-comedy examining friendship, marriage, infidelity, and the damage caused by concealed truths
Movie Details
- Director
- Bora Dağtekin
- Release Date
- 2019-10-31
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 (351)
Cast
- Wotan Wilke Möhring
- Jessica Schwarz
- Jella Haase
- Elyas M'Barek
- Karoline Herfurth
- Frederick Lau
- Florian David Fitz
- Emily Kusche
- Adriana Altaras
- Levi Eisenblätter
Common questions
- What is The Perfect Secret about?
- A seemingly harmless phone game turns a convivial dinner among longtime friends into a volatile reckoning with the lies sustaining their relationships.
- What is The Perfect Secret like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Perfect Secret as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Perfect Secret violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in The Perfect Secret.
- Which films are like The Perfect Secret?
- Films with a similar feel include Perfect Strangers, The Dinner Game, and Carnage.
- How long is The Perfect Secret?
- The Perfect Secret runs 111 minutes.
