“Secrets Of A Marine’s Wife” (**1/2 out of four) was a serviceably done adaptation of Shanna Hogan’s best-selling novel told in flashbacks about the ups-and-downs of a marriage between a dedicated marine (Evan Roderick) and his unhappy wife (Sadie Calvano) which leads to disarray once he is accused of her murder and a hard-nosed detective (Andrea Drepaul) investigates. Did he really do it or were there other people who wanted her dead? Interesting “Rashomon”-like story with taut direction and storytelling but leads to an unsatisfying conclusion that is disappointing and flat. Eerily, Hogan herself died last Fall while this film was in production.

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