SpecialsTarget Disturbing yet enthralling

ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Matylda Swan It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

Stephen Leslie France With one of the most heart-breaking introductions, The Unsaid places audiences on a psychological carousel, with enigmas about human behaviour that provoke curiosity and perplexity. Watching this film a whole decade later since my first viewing, it was even more emotional than I previously comprehended. As I mentioned above, the story begins with a tragedy of the greatest magnitude. Michael Hunter and his wife Penny intend on going to their daughter's school performance; however, their son refuses to join them. He is showing clear signs of depression and is reluctant to converse with his family. Unable to penetrate their son's barrier of silence, the family travel without him. In a climactic moment, the family return home to find their son dead, having committed suicide. Several years later, therapist Barbara Lonigan enlists Michael's expertise with seventeen year old Thomas Caffey. Thomas is soon to be released from a home for troubled adolescents, pending his eighteenth birthday. The seemingly balanced teenager shows no signs of trauma, regardless of his brutal memory of his mother's murder.Barbara suspects that Thomas is not ready for release, despite his 'normal' appearance and persona. Tortured by nightmares and feelings of failure to save his son, Michael takes the task - Deciphering what really happened in Thomas' past is the crux of this intriguing psychological film. This plot will wrench at feelings you possess and other emotions you were unaware existed – I am not a father, but that initial scene successfully forced the power of paternity on me. Trevor Blumas who plays Michael's son, Kyle Hunter, emulates the body language, facial expressions and tone of a depressed individual in an unbelievably convincing act. There is a great amount of pain, sadness, realism, humanity and inhumanity throughout the movie. If there was ever a place where there are real complications, real grey, real conundrums in psychology, this storyline harbours them. There is no simplistic right or wrong, black or white, good or evil; just a set of horrific and profoundly sad events.The IMDb average rating currently stands at 6.5/10. This should definitely be higher.Review by Stephen Leslie France

Philip Van der Veken Even though this movie was clearly made with a small budget, it looked very promising to me. I was almost certain that this would be such a movie with a disturbingly realistic subject, that goes right to and through your heart like a knife ... but it didn't. I'm not saying it was a bad movie, it just wasn't that good.The subject on itself isn't bad though. A young boy is kept in an institution because he saw his mom being murdered by his own father. Since then he hasn't shown much emotions and hasn't spoken about the incident. When Dr. Michael Hunter, a retired college professor and psychologist, examines the boy, he's convinced that they should keep him in the institution a bit longer because he isn't ready for the real world, that he might be a ticking time bomb. He starts working with the boy, in who he sees his own son who committed suicide a few years earlier, and gradually he is able to reveal the horrible truth...The acting in this movie isn't bad, but it wasn't great either. However, I guess you can't expect any better from a crew without many well-known names (Only Andy Garcia and Teri Polo I had heard of before seeing this movie, the rest of the cast was a complete mystery to me) and it has to be said, I've seen a lot worse in the past. The same can be said about the story which was OK, but not excellent. It was compelling, but somehow I missed something in it. Anyway, I'm already glad that it was a lot better than the average TV-movie that would deal with this subject. But if you want to see an excellent psychological thriller about this subject, than I suggest you watch "Primal Fear". That movie offers about the same story (murder, child abuse,...), but does it in a much better way. I give this movie a 6.5/10. It's worth a watch.

mjordon I have seen a lot of movies with actors/actresses playing psychiatrists and how they are portrayed. Most of them are quite horrible, a few have a clue, but are saying things, psychiatrists in the field wouldn't say under any circumstances. However, the title THE UNSAID is; if not perfect, very close to it. Andy Garcia again pulls off what I feel maybe the hardest thing to pull off; a professional actor being a professional psychiatrist. I think the acting on every ones part was superb as well as the lighting and make up. I think a lot of detail was put in things as simple as sitting in a chair, when to lean back, when to lean forward. An excellent movie, I highly recommend it.

MedievalinNYC *May be Spoilers*This is one of those films you wish you could rewrite and/or reedit. It was good, but.........The film kept my interest, but it just tried to incorporate too many different angles. The whole thing with the Son was unnecessary. The story never fulfilled the connection. The Mystery behind Caffey's past and his relationship with Garcia's daughter added enough intensity to carry the film. The Motives regarding Caffey botching up his release from the institution could have been more justified if there was more focus on the relationship between him & the daughter. The Conversations with Caffey's Father & Garcia's character could have been more suspenseful by incorporating them through out the film. I also feel that Caffey's character could have mentally toyed with Garcia's character a little more.The twist at the end leaves you saying, "uh!" It was unexpected and uncommon to see that in films.Basically there were a lot of script flaws, but there were a lot of good aspects to the story. It was a slightly over done thriller, similar to those Lifetime films.The plot should have been more character driven, instead of being so episodic.Visually, it was less than cinematic. The style was reminiscent of a movie of the week. The performances were great, even though Caffey's character was a little tricky to pull off (due to the storyline), but the actor did a good job.It was a good film that fell short. It definitely had the potential to be a lot better.