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18 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Film ThreatEric CamposFilm ThreatEric CamposThese actors and many more make What We Do Is Secret an absolute blast to watch and they do an undeniably perfect job of recreating this notorious scene.
- 80VarietyVarietyActor Shane West and writer-director Rodger Grossman have a clear, unwavering perspective on Crash that should entice curiosity seekers and old punks.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterEx-Germs infect biopic with punk authenticity
- Like so many earlier movie biographies, Secret suffers from bathetic storytelling and dialogue, some of it laughable.
- 58The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe movie is exciting at times, moving at times, and watchable throughout, but fans of The Germs and L.A. punk may start to pine for what's missing around the time Michele Hicks shows up.
- 50SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirThis isn't a boring movie or a dishonest one. But it's a relentlessly literal-minded one, light on vision and atmosphere, that moves through the history of the Germs with a checklist.
- 50The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe movie offers too little of Crash's justly revered lyricism and too much of his self-mutilation and manufactured chaos.
- 50New York PostNew York PostAn unsatisfying biopic.
- 50TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxShane West does a pretty impressive impersonation of the on-stage antics of Darby Crash...Unfortunately, little else in this clunky, half-baked biopic rings very true.
- 20Village VoiceVillage VoiceThe worst kind of bastard adaptation, Secret subtracts without adding.