Variety
What might have been a pedestrian thriller adapted from a recycled Stephen King novella is elevated by Johnny Depp.
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Secret Window
Johnny Depp is a writer accused of plagiarism by an obsessed stranger (John Turturro) in this psychological thriller adapted from the short story Secret Window, Secret Garden by Stephen King.
Author Mort Rainey (Depp) suffers a breakdown after discovering his wife is having an affair. To avoid signing the divorce papers he retreats to a secluded cabin in a rural town. Depressed and suffering from writer's block, he is confronted one day by a local farmer (Turturro) who accuses him of plagiarising a story he wrote. Mort dismisses it until unsettling things begin to happen to him and those around him.
Less200495 minsUSA
Thriller
- Director:
- David Koepp ('Ghost Town', 'Stir of Echoes')
- Writer:
- David Koepp
- Cast:
- Johnny DeppJohn TurturroMaria BelloTimothy HuttonCharles S. Dutton
Secret Window | Reviews
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The New York Times
Johnny Depp's performance as a trebly beset writer is the highlight of this underwhelming suspense thriller based on a Stephen King novella.
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Roger Ebert
Somewhere in the middle of [King's] range storywise, and toward the top in Depp's performance.
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Hollywood Reporter
Telegraphs its intentions too early and relies too much on a single actor, Johnny Depp, to achieve its emotional force.
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Empire Magazine
Anyone with a passing knowledge of King's jam-packed oeuvre and its spotty movie translations will be fidgeting in their seats from the get-go.
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