THE UNSAID was made in 2001, was released direct to DVD in 2003.After reading the synopsis & that Andy Garcia besides starring was also the executive producer,I was planning to criticise the fact it had no theatrical release in the USA.After viewing this tonight,it is easy to see why it did not have a theatrical run in US theatres.The movie seems more like made Lifetime TV. Nearly all concerned have extensive television credits, except for Andy Garcia.Tom Mcloughlin directed nicely, BUT the story & screenplay did him & the film in.It starts off interestingly for about the first half,seems like it might be OK.THEN predictability & boredom sets in. The ending is almost laughable.This is a pity tho, as cast does very good work. Andy Garcia gives an excellent performance.Vincent Kartheiser was only 21 when he made this & definitely has talent. I have not seen any of his many TV roles,I hope he makes other films & becomes a major player. I do not know any of the actresses in this drama,BUT they all are quite good.The production credits are quite good.If the script was better it would have been a much better film.Take a chance you may like it better than I.Ratings: **1/2 (out of 4) 73 points (out of 100) IMDb 6 (out of 10)

If you are a father, and you lose a son you will find this motion picture a little to hard to endure 'till the end of it. A good script, directed almost perfectly. I watch it once and i will always remember as i remember my child. The music was i may say, everything ... Actors doing such a great job... Andy Garcia playing so well that you may think that is not a movie but a Real TV story. A drama who can keep you with the eyes on it 'till the end. You'll never know what its gonna happened next. Dunno if i wanna watch it again. It was a movie that made me cry... something that its almost impossible for me. Maybe i'm a not a good person to comment this movie, because some of what happened there i lived and its hard to be equidistant, but it moved me so bad.

Based on R1 DVD.After checking with IMDb I watched Unsaid with low expectations. Fortunately the film appears to be underrated at least in my eyes. Garcia and Kartheiser give strong performances and not withstanding an occasional weakness in a script that favours the 'girls do dumb things' school of thought the movie moves along at a good pace.During the directors commentary McLoughlin notes that Americans have a much tougher time with the big secret than Europeans. Perhaps this accounts for the weak IMDb rating. Well worth watching, 7/10.

I saw the movie the other night. Actually the only reason I rented it was because I like Andy Garcia. Before spotting it in the video store, I had never heard of the movie before. I thought it was a very good movie. I was surprised at the ending, I thought I had it all figured out, but there was a little twist at the end.