Affluent people live an affluent lifestyle with vague hints of something else going on. Except in Secrets, Columbo never shows up. Everyone (and I mean everyone) is white, straight and extremely early 90's. They're also, despite what the title says, distinctly lacking in juicy secrets. I bought this for 98p on Amazon. Because it was 98p and had bloody Christopher Plummer in it. Basic 'plot' is that they're glamorous actors making a glamorous Dallas style show. They all have problems in their personal life they are trying to keep hidden.The story is dull, the dialogue is just awful and the soundtrack is like it was a made for a different film and it's just playing over random scenes. Oh, and everyone is rich. The only exception being a pair of trailer-trash blackmailers and a drugged up prostitute, all of whom are minor characters and meet unhappy ends. But that's okay because literally all the rich folks find bright futures. Including the young actor kid whose stands trial for the murder of his drugged up prostitute wife.A wife, he hasn't told anyone in the show about. And who is now conveniently dead leaving him free to pursue a glowing TV career and the love of a millionaire heiress (who he sleeps with the day after the funeral). He's got no alibi. He's got the motive. He doesn't suggest any other suspects. And yet everyone is so sure 'a kid like that' is innocent. The jury let him off after Christopher Plummer testifies to his good character. A happy ending, yay! But what about the murdered wife? Who actually did that? Oh, wait, the film doesn't care

Okay, it's not the best show you'll ever see. The lead actress is mannered and phony. The supporting cast is pretty bad, especially the actress and the blue jean ad guy. The script is bland. However, I suggest you fast forward past all that to get to the Christopher Plummer scenes. As always, he turns in a solid performance. And he's very attractive in this film. Very. I mean very. Yum. Who cares about the supporting actor who is said to be so attractive in his blue jean ad. I didn't even notice him, except how bad his acting was. It was Christopher Plummer I noticed. I did a screen capture of him from the DVD and I have it as my desktop wallpaper. Yum.

This is a lame duck of a TV movie. Effectively a soap opera about a soap opera, the ensemble cast shuttle back and forth between the art of creating fiction and the terrible secrets that threaten to expose them all.The story feels stretched but curiously littered with as many holes as a golf course. It's nowhere as good as it should be and lacks the acerbic put-downs one would expect from Stephanie Beachem as the improbably named Sabina Quarles. The problem with Beacham's character is that we are lulled into thinking she is a reincarnation of her former alter ego, Sable, from Dynasty; the reality is she's as bland as the rest of the cast. It's also a slow movie with more formulaic banter than a toothpaste advert.

Secrets is by far one of the best movies adapted from a Danielle Steel novel. There are brilliant performances from all the actors, especially the beautiful Stephanie Beacham as Sabina Quarles. There is the right blend of subtle humor and drama, which makes this one of my favourite programmes ever. I'm so glad i bought it!