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The Secret Agent

Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho · 2025

Quick Verdict

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.

85%
Celluloid Score Recommended

Averaged from 5 sources

98% Critic Score
82% Audience
91 Metascore
★★★★☆ Letterboxd 4
7.3 IMDb /10
Runtime
2h 10m

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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