If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

This movie was so glorious and heart touching.One of the best movie ever made and one of my favorite film of all time.

A movie about a girl in 1979 falling in love with a boy in 1999. Ye Xiang Lun (Jay Chou) is a new comer to a prestigious conservatory high school in Taiwan. His father (Anthony Wong) is a faculty at the school since before he was born. He's greeted by his school mates, and meets a mysterious girl (Gwei Lun-Mei) that plays piano in an old room that's about to be demolished. They find likings with each other, and find romance. Ye is a tour de force when it comes to playing a piano. He promises the girl that he'll play "Swan" at graduation and present it to her. But he also finds that she's nowhere to be seen at the graduation, until she mysteriously appears at the back of the auditorium.This was a directorial debut for Jay Chou, and he does a credible job of presenting the story. He also wrote the script. Jay is joined by Anthony Wong who plays his father again since the movie "Initial D". His skills as a classically trained pianist is also prominently featured in this movie. The movie is beautifully shot, and the actors were all good. I thought Gwei Lun-Mei had a sexy ankle. The movie captured this quite well.The romance is little bit reminiscent of "The girl who leaped through time (1983 version)" as well as the tone of the visuals. It's difficult to have romance with someone who's not from your era, and kind of has a bitter sweet taste to it. This is the highlight of this movie, and is conveyed very well.Some parts of the movie was not likely to happen. The girl, if she's actually leaped into another time, I think she would be freaking out. Not in this movie. She's cool as a cucumber. I also don't understand that part where Jay Chou visits her home, and doesn't find her there. And the ending part where Jay Chou plays the music - where did he go ? and what about the graduation picture of the girl, what was the message in it ? What happened to Jay Chou in the end wasn't clear either.So the movie isn't exactly tight in many ways, and leaves loose ends. If these parts were better addressed, I think the movie would have been better.The movie is of good quality, and is recommended for viewing.

I've never write a review on IMDb before, although I'm a regular visitor since 2006. But this film "Secret" inspired me a lot that I think I have to share with everyone. I just watched it last week which made me like a time traveler since this movie already in theater 2007. Starring Jay Chou as Jay and Kwai Lun Mei as Rain, this film maybe feel a little bit of ordinary. But believe me it's not. The romance between two lead is just so believable that I began to remember my own high school experience. The innocence of love between Jay and Rain really move me in some way I can't explain, you have to watch it by yourself to know it. Secret 2 is rumored to be releases 2013, but according to some it will be an entirely different story. No Rain, no Sky maybe even no Dad. I hope Secret 2 will be as great as Secret, but I still prefer it as a sequel to Secret. Definitely 9/10

I personally thought that the plot was rather exciting and intriguing. Jay Chou must definitely have put in much effort into making this movie. His first movie-making attempt is pretty much a success, I must say. He's even got very positive reviews and comments from award-winning directors from Asia.Although the plot needed some thinking to be able to understand it fully, I thought this show was pretty original- a far cry from many other love stories produced. This love story was genuine and not like many other cliché stories you can find in the movie market. The actors and actresses put up remarkable jobs too. I personally feel that Jay Chou has made a great improvement with regards to his once-stagnant facial expressions. His co-star Guey Lun-mei's acting did not fail to impress too- for a neophyte selected by Jay Chou himself, her acting was breezy and natural.The whole story is filled with love, passion for music and excellent piano pieces. My favorite parts were the piano battle, as well as the piano duet. I thought that Jay Chou's piano-playing was fabulous. He, indeed, lived up to his label as "musical genius".Overall the movie was great. I watched it twice, and both times I still cried and laughed the same as before. Although I'm merely fifteen and hence my mentalities may be a cry away from some readers and movie-watchers here, I think that this show is one that you should catch. You will not regret it! :)