Common Sense Media Review
By Megan Andersen
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Sexually violent themes in moneyed Danish family drama.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 15+?
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Secrets We Keep
Parent and Kid Reviews
What's the Story?
In SECRETS WE KEEP, couples Katerina (Danica Curcic) and Rasmus (Lars Ranthe) and their neighbors Cecilie (Marie Bach Hansen) and Mike (Simon Sears) both live in a very wealthy neighborhood in Denmark. They each have a Filipino au pair to care for their children. Kat and Rasmus have a 15- year-old son, Oscar; Cecilie and Mike have a tween boy named Viggo and a toddler daughter. When Oscar's au pair, Ruby, goes missing, a Pandora's Box of secrets are exposed to get to the bottom of her disappearance.
Is It Any Good?
This show explores challenging but important topics around kids' sexual media consumption, classist expectations, sexual consent and assault, hands-off parenting, and treatment of immigrant employees. With such heavy topics, Secrets We Keep could feel like a slog, but the series is presented without glorified and gory scenes, overt nudity, or a celebration of bad behavior. Scenes of beautifully clean architecture and honey-golden light washing over the surrounding nature create a juxtaposition that makes the series easier to digest. It doesn't feel like a gimmick; it feels like the complexity of life and how there are moments of beauty nestled within even the grimmest of days.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the overt racism from one of the couples and how they treat their au pair like property versus the other family who considers their au pair a member of the family. How do you and your family treat people who help you? From waiters and waitresses, to mail carrier to cashiers—evaluate the language you've heard and think about whether you would want to be spoken to in the same tone.
Families can talk about the tween and teen boy and how they consumed sexually explicit and violent content. What could the parents have done differently? What do you think caused the boys to act the way they did?
TV Details
- Premiere date : May 15, 2025
- Cast : Marie Bach Hansen , Danica Curcic
- Network : Netflix
- Genre : Drama
- TV rating :
- Last updated : May 30, 2025
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