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Secret Cutting (2000) -- Based on Steven Levenkorn's novel, The Luckiest Girl in the World, the movie dives into the world of self mutilation in this trailer.

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Steven Levenkron (novel)
Dennis Nemec (television story)
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30 May 2000 (USA) more
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A pinch of American Beauty, A pinch of Made-For-TV more (35 total)

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Sean Young ... Joyce Cottrell

Kimberlee Peterson ... Dawn Cottrell
Robert Wisden ... Russell Cottrell
Taylor Stanley ... Lorraine Rafeedie
Rhea Perlman ... Dr. Parella
Cody Serpa ... Alex Cottrell
Kett Turton ... Craig Crosetto
Crystal Buble ... Rebecca

Jennifer Pudavick ... Kirsten

Malina Adams ... Jude
Rosemary Dunsmore ... Principal Luce
Caley Gibson ... Corey
Seun Olagunju ... Joe
John Bluethner ... Dr. Chapman
Sharon Bajer ... Dr. Mann
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Delicate Cutting (USA) (working title)
Le secret de Dawn (Canada: French title)
Painful Secrets (Australia)
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5 out of 7 people found the following review useful.
A pinch of American Beauty, A pinch of Made-For-TV, 14 September 2000
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Author: dave-658 from California

Take the world from American Beauty, and replace the superstar parents with their B-movie equivalents, and you have Secret Cutting. It's a good watch, and I learned something about cutting. I don't know if the reasons cited in the movie for cutting oneself are the main reasons that most cutters do it, but it seems believable. And yes, I'd cut the mother a couple of times as well. And the script for the father seemed really off-key, like they didn't spend enough time developing the father's character. He would always start to say something meaningfull or interesting, then he'd just cut himself off. Maybe he has some problem saying everything in his mind and they wanted to show this, but the fact that its so vague makes the scripting pretty average.

I'd recommmend this movie highly due to the very good performance by the main character Kimberlee Peterson.

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