Le secret de Hidden Lake

2 Corrections to the Synopsis Description of the film . It Mistakenly says the father was Murdered and there was an Autopsy . Neither is correct ., this was an Attempted Murder , but eventually someone does die .

Maggie returns home to hidden lake after learning her father has been severely injured in a hunting accident. She begins to realise it was not accident that caused his injury.

Everyone in the town becomes a suspect and Maggie struggles to find help from anyone to uncover what really happened

I had guessed 'who dunnit' quite early on.

It was an OK movie, but a lot of the characters I disliked!I Can understand why Maggie left when she was old enough!

I felt that it dragged on a bit and then the ending finished quite abruptly, but don't let that put you off, it is worth a watch on a day when there is nothing else on! On a positive note, the acting was believable

Another run of the mill daytime one this, not much to say on it. Plenty of suspense, you're never too sure where the plot is heading (which is a good and bad thing). The core parts of the story you can peg in the first twenty minutes & it takes too long to get to the end. The actress playing Maggie puts in a top performance, though with some clichéd parts to her role (opening the front door at night, picking up the mail without shutting it). The villain Jack (Snr) was underused & the ending a bit of a rush-job with ends left untied. Some odd characters make up the rest of the film,though may be realistic for that part of the world - which incidentallyis something else in the films favour - some awesome scenery & backdrops.

Worth a watch, underrated at 5/10 but fairly predictable & slightly long.

This movie blends moderate terror with a first class mystery. Rena Sofer does a masterful job of playing the gutsy Maggie, who by turns metaphorically cavalierly prods rattlesnakes and then retreats in terror. She is an interesting and lovable character. She is not just mindless fodder for mayhem. I found myself shouting directions at the screen for her to take more caution.

The movie reminds me of Semilla's Sense Of Snow, in that you don't know whom you can trust. Every kindly action becomes suspect. The various actors manage to beautifully project simultaneous kindness and possible hidden malice.

It has a complex plot ending worthy of Ruth Rendell.

The movie is realistic. Most of Maggie's sleuthing actions lead nowhere. She has no magical powers of deduction. The villains are people you might find in the newspaper.

To me the movie appeared to be shot in BC Canada, simulating Colorado in the USA. The beautiful forests, and diffused overcast light, are an ever-present backdrop.

The title of this film captured my interest and there is a scene where a little girl goes out with her dad hunting in the woods near Hidden Lake and he expects his daughter to hit the target immediately. The little girl finds eagle feathers and it is from that point on that the story goes down all kinds of different paths and the little girl becomes a mature woman who leaves Chicago to visit her dad. The little girl is Rena Sofer,(Maggie Dolan),"March",'01 who really is the star of this TV film and sort of carries the film on her back through out almost every scene. The story disappointed me in many ways and it seemed to go on and on like a Merry-go-Round.