The Secret: Dare to Dream Movie Storyline. Based on the groundbreaking best-selling book by Rhonda Byrne, The Secret: Dare to Dream follows Miranda (Katie Holmes), a young widow trying to make ends meet while raising her three children and dating her boyfriend (Jerry O’Connell).
A devastating storm brings an enormous challenge and a mysterious man, Bray (Josh Lucas), into Miranda’s life. Bray reignites the family’s spirit but, unbeknownst to Miranda, also holds an important secret – one that will change everything. With its timeless messages of hope, compassion, and gratitude, The Secret: Dare to Dream is an inspiring and heartwarming film that shows how positive thoughts can transform our lives.
The Secret: Dare to Dream is a 2020 American drama film based on the 2006 self-help book The Secret by Rhonda Byrne. Directed by Andy Tennant, from a screenplay he wrote with Bekah Brunstetter and Rick Parks, it stars Katie Holmes, Josh Lucas, Jerry O’Connell, and Celia Weston.
In November 2019, Roadside Attractions and Gravitas Ventures acquired distribution rights to the film. It was scheduled to be released on April 17, 2020, however due to the COVID-19 pandemic it was pulled from the schedule. Roadside Attractions originally stated that it would announce a new theatrical release “[o]nce clarity for a safe and comfortable moviegoing experience is established”, but the film’s theatrical release was eventually cancelled. Instead, it debuted through video on demand on July 31, 2020.
About the Story
The story is set in New Orleans. Miranda Wells (Katie Holmes) is a hard-working young widow struggling to raise three children. There’s a storm brewing in the area. She works for a fish shop owned by Tucker (Jerry O’Connell) who is also her boyfriend. Bray Johnson (Josh Lucas) is an engineering professor from Vanderbilt University looking to meet Miranda to deliver a package. Bray visits Miranda’s house to drop off a letter but she’s not home, he speaks only to her son Greg Wells (Aidan Pierce Brennan), and decides to come back later.
While driving back home, after picking up her two daughters, older Missy Wells (Sarah Hoffmeister) and younger Bess Wells (Chloe Lee) from school, Miranda hits a truck whose driver turns out to be Bray. Bray offers to fix the broken bumper for Miranda and as they drive back realises that it is the same Miranda he came looking for. Bray and Greg fix the car bumper.
There’s a hurricane brewing in the background. The family readies for dinner inviting Bray as well, with the younger Bess wanting pizza and Miranda feeling bad not being able to provide it. Bray then stresses on positive thinking and its power and maybe there could be pizza. There’s a knock on the door by pizza delivery, from Tucker. This event will be the first of the many positive things happening in Miranda’s life. While Bray prepares to leave, he starts to bring up the envelope (the reason why he’s there in the first place) but the kids scream and she leaves. Bray leaves the envelope in the postbox.
That night the hurricane gets really bad and a tree log falls through and creates a hole through the roof. The family is scared and shelters in the bathroom, which is the safest place. The next morning, the family mulls over their bad luck, as usual. Bray comes over to check on them and offers to fix the roof as best as he can. Miranda’s mother-in-law Bobby (Celia Weston) drops by also to check on the family and is very wary of Bray from the start. Miranda and the kids leave with Bobby to stay over at Bobby’s house while the house is fixed. On the way, they drop by to visit Tucker, who also comes to know about Bray and feels a little threatened and insecure.
The Secret: Dare to Dream (2020)
Directed by: Andy Tennant
Starring: Katie Holmes, Josh Lucas, Jerry O’Connell, Celia Weston, Sarah Hoffmeister, Aidan Pierce Brennan, Chloe Lee, Katrina Begin, Sydney Tennant, Samantha Beaulieu, Jessie Terrebonne
Screenplay by: Bekah Brunstetter
Production Design by: Denny Dugally
Cinematography by: Andrew Dunn
Film Editing by: Troy Takaki
Costume Design by: Annie Bloom
Set Decoration by: Claire Sanchez
Art Direction by: Natasha Gerasimova
Music by: George Fenton
MPAA Rating: PG for language and an injury image.
Distributed by: Roadside Attractions, Gravitas Ventures
Release Date: July 31, 2020
