The Secret Life of Us
- TV Series
- 2001–2006
- 1h
This iconic Australian series follows eight people living in St Kilda, Melbourne who are all looking for the same thing - love, sex, romance, success - and anything else that's worth going a... Read allThis iconic Australian series follows eight people living in St Kilda, Melbourne who are all looking for the same thing - love, sex, romance, success - and anything else that's worth going after.This iconic Australian series follows eight people living in St Kilda, Melbourne who are all looking for the same thing - love, sex, romance, success - and anything else that's worth going after.
- Awards
- 13 wins & 22 nominations
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDeborah Mailman (Kelly Lewis), Sibylla Budd (Gabrielle Kovich), & Spencer McLaren (Richie Blake) reprised their roles from the TV Movie, The Secret Life of Us (2001). They also all worked together on Tomorrow, When the War Began (2016) as Kath, Rachel & Daniel respectively.
- Quotes
Tom: What's that?
Evan Wylde: It's chicken guts.
Tom: Do you eat it?
Evan Wylde: No.
Ella: What's that?
Evan Wylde: It's chicken guts.
Ella: Do you eat it?
Evan Wylde: No.
Carmen: What's that?
Evan Wylde: Talk about family resemblance! It's chicken guts, and no, I don't eat it.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Secret Life of 'The Secret Life of Us' (2002)
- SoundtracksDeath Defy
by Motor Ace
I agree with a previous reviewer that Deborah Mailman's character Kelly failed to evolve and in my opinion her ingratiating busybody persona was irritating. The acting of Deborah Mailman was good, it was just that the character was not convincing and it was hard to believe that someone battling obesity could be central to the unfolding events of life in a block of flats peopled by cool young adults and the romantic focus of so many young males. Also, Sybilla Budd's character Gabrielle was rewarded with too much screen time and not enough interesting character development. Her acting grated a little and scenes with Claudia Karvan confirmed how good an actor Claudia is.
By comparison, characters played by Claudia Karvan, Abi Tucker, Joel Edgerton and Damien de Montemas grew and enriched each scenario. The character Evan Wylde was probably the one with the most potential and was indeed beautifully played by the terrific actor Samuel Johnson. But I just think the writers didn't quite know how he should relate to Claudia Karvin's Alex, and their relationship as flatmates and possible lovers never quite found its basis in believable exchanges and by the end was flagging. And when Spencer McClaren's character Ritchie made it through a life-changing crisis, it became difficult to give him much to work on after that. Even Abi Tucker's Miranda ran out of puff.
I know the show tried to cover many issues and this aspect has been criticised, but without issues in a drama, what's left? Just the minutiae of life - and we all know how interesting that is! 8/10
- Rupert17
- Aug 26, 2012
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- Also known as
- Vårt hemliga liv
- Filming locations
- 22A The Esplanade, St. Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia(roof garden scenes)
- Production companies
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