"Secrets and Lies" Review

"Secrets and Lies" (142 min)
Directed by Mike Leigh
Starring; Brenda Blethyn, Claire Rushbrook, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Phyllis Logan, Timothy Spall
If ever there were doubts that the sabotage of a nuclear family unit would be diluted when brought to screen, let them be dispelled now. Enter the 21st century, of which is trademarked by the social realism of the domestic scene. Welcome to the lives of a dysfunctional family whence the dark undertones of tension are painted in their fractured relationships and lives of dissatisfaction, superbly executed in Leigh's confronting exposure to the…