Firts i wanna point out that i liked the films of this director and that was the reason i wanted to see SLOW, My life without was so simple and beautiful and believable that it can't be done a better film with less material, a sick young mother and her family, and it works perfect. I also recommend Things i never told you is about love and in the same way is lovely and beautiful, and the characters are normal people in normal situations that are happening right now around the world. But SLOW( yes, secret life of words is very slow) is just a pretentious independent film like many others, is the result of Coixet's looking herself too much time into the mirror. The characters are non consistent, OK she was tortured and raped, that was clear from the beginning, there was no need of that unbelievable confession to her patient. Javier camera, a high talented actor, is reduced to a mere clown. Tim Robbins is also a clown but a less dark one and more interested in her. The crew are all rejects with no more character development. And she is just a traumatized girl OK, but do we really need a two hour long film to point out that? There's no a single scene to remember everything is so affected, please Isabel don't look yourself in the mirror anymore. The problem is that she has been highly awarded for this film, so i think there won't be any films like the two mentioned before.
Review of The Secret Life of Words
