Things Never Said
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{{Infobox film
| name = Things Never Said
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| director = Charles Murray
| producer = Brian “Skinny B” Lewis
| writer = Charles Murray
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| starring = Shanola Hampton
Omari Hardwick
Elimu Nelson
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| editing = Geofrey Hildrew
| studio = Ohio Street Pictures
| distributor = Codeblack Films
| released = {{Film date|2013|4||Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival|2013|9|6|limited}}
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| country = United States
| language = English
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Things Never Said is a 2013 American drama film written and directed by Charles Murray and starring Shanola Hampton, Omari Hardwick and Elimu Nelson.{{cite web|last=Childs|first=Joy|title=Film Review: Things Never Said|date=19 September 2013|publisher=Los Angeles Sentinel|url=https://lasentinel.net/film-review-things-never-said.html|accessdate=4 December 2020}}{{cite web|author=WBUR Newsroom|title='Things Never Said' Does Have A Lot To Say At Roxbury Film Festival|date=27 June 2013|publisher=WBUR-FM|url=https://www.wbur.org/artery/2013/06/27/roxbury-film-festiva|accessdate=4 December 2020}}{{cite web|last=Potempa|first=Philip|title=OFFBEAT: Gary filmmaker premiering new film Friday in Merrillville|date=12 September 2013|publisher=The Times of Northwest Indiana|url=https://www.nwitimes.com/entertainment/columnists/offbeat/offbeat-gary-filmmaker-premiering-new-film-friday-in-merrillville/article_e422ae02-2d59-582b-827d-4de11797a38f.html|accessdate=4 December 2020}}
Cast
Release
The film premiered at the Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival in April 2013.{{cite web|author=Access Cleveland|title=Access Cleveland Podcast: Writer/Director/Producer Charles Murray Talks About "Things Never Said"|date=7 April 2013|publisher=WZAK|url=https://wzakcleveland.com/3546717/access-cleveland-podcast-writerdirectorproducer-charles-murray-talks-about-things-never-said/|accessdate=4 December 2020}} Codeblack Films acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film in June 2013.{{cite web|author=The Deadline Team|title=Lionsgate's Codeblack Films Picks Up Romantic Drama 'Things Never Said'|date=19 June 2013|publisher=Deadline Hollywood|url=https://deadline.com/2013/06/lionsgates-codeblack-films-picks-up-romantic-drama-things-never-said-524470/|accessdate=4 December 2020}}{{cite web|title=Codeblack Films Acquires "Things Never Said" - Written And Directed By Charles Murray|date=19 June 2013|publisher=PR Newswire|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/codeblack-films-acquires-things-never-said---written-and-directed-by-charles-murray-212120041.html|accessdate=4 December 2020}} The film was released in theaters on September 6, 2013.{{cite web|title='Things Never Said' Opens Today|date=6 September 2013|publisher=The Burton Wire|url=http://theburtonwire.com/things-never-said-opens-today-2/|accessdate=4 December 2020}}{{cite web|title=Things Never Said|publisher=Comingsoon.net|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movie/things-never-said-2013|accessdate=4 December 2020}}
Reception
The film has a 67% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.{{cite web|title=Things Never Said|work=Rotten Tomatoes|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/things_never_said|accessdate=4 December 2020}} Christy Lemire of RogerEbert.com awarded the film two stars.{{cite web|last=Lemire|first=Christy|title=Things Never Said|date=6 September 2013|publisher=RogerEbert.com|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/things-never-said-2013|accessdate=4 December 2020}} Carrie Rickey of The Philadelphia Inquirer awarded the film two and a half stars out of four.{{cite web|last=Rickey|first=Carrie|title='Things Never Said': Spouses separated by time, ambition|date=18 October 2013|publisher=The Philadelphia Inquirer|url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/entertainment/20131018__Things_Never_Said___Spouses_separated_by_time__ambition.html|accessdate=4 December 2020}} Andrea Thompson of Patch graded the film a B+.{{cite web|last=Thompson|first=Andrea|title=Milwaukee Film Festival 2014: Things Never Said|date=2 October 2014|publisher=Patch|url=https://patch.com/wisconsin/whitefishbay/milwaukee-film-festival-2014-things-never-said|accessdate=4 December 2020}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|1976003}}
- {{rotten-tomatoes|things_never_said}}