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Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho · 2025
The Secret Agent (2025) has a 85% Celluloid Score — our average across critic reviews, audience ratings, Metascore, Letterboxd, and IMDb. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.
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Is The Secret Agent worth watching?
Yes — The Secret Agent earns a 85% Celluloid Score. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.
Critics Consensus
Kleber Mendonça Filho folds pulpy genre thrills into a pointed reckoning with Brazil's dictatorship years, and Wagner Moura's haunted performance keeps the film's sprawling political ambitions grounded in real human stakes.
Celluloid Critics Consensus
Critics (98%) were notably more enthusiastic than audiences (82%).
What is The Secret Agent about?
Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. Hoping to reunite with his son, he travels to Recife during...
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