The Secret

     'The Secret' is not so secret anymore. Ever since being published and featured in Oprah's book club the secret has garnered a mass following. Recently, it was just made into a movie. So what is ‘The Secret’? Why does it have such a large number of followers? Well, all the answers about ‘The Secret’ that you’ll ever need are in the 2006 movie of the same name.

As the movie begins it feels more like a Robert Brown inspired film and not a self-help kind of movie. Good or bad? Well, I’ll leave that up to you. As the opening credits progress the Brown-esque feel merges with National Geographic style story telling to make up some sort of secret society history lesson. All throughout the beginning multiple professionals repeat the benefits of the secret and how it will change your life. But what is ‘The Secret’? The movie spends somewhere around ten minutes to finally answer the question. Once ‘The Secret’ is finally revealed a nearly hour long explanation proceeds. How ever, the explanation needs less than a minute. All throughout the film cheesy animations, cheap acting, and absurdly excited and furtive professionals give the entire film a parody feel. After watching the film three times (due to falling asleep the previous two) I finally realized who this movie was made for; those people who don’t have enough common sense to figure the so-called ‘Secret’ out on their own. It is as simple as positive thinking leads to more positive life. All in all, ‘The Secret’ feels way too much like a college kid trying to “BS” their way through a term paper in order to fill a page number requirement.