Secret Window
The movie revolves around Mort Rainey, a recently divorced author who decides to take some time off at his cottage. Unfortunately for Rainey, he is accused for plagiarism by a strange man, who then starts haunting him for 'justice.'
1950, Norway
18 April 1967, Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA
30 January 1951, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
28 February 1957, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
30 September 1939, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
December 28, 2010
It all feels recycled and re-recycled.
September 23, 2007
Once again, Depp slouches into a piece of mainstream entertainment and takes every opportunity to amuse himself.
March 18, 2004
Has no story, no ending and no redeeming value.
May 04, 2005
Depp's ... wonderfully frazzled portrait of seething resentment almost makes this minor thriller seem fresh.
March 16, 2004
Adapted from a Stephen King novella, the film lurches tiredly through the author's favorite masochistic-narcissistic fantasy, subjecting a woebegone writer to a gauntlet of abuse.
March 21, 2004
The story is so basic that it makes a fine template for an exercise in style, and Koepp layers on the details with great relish.
March 15, 2004
[I]t's so refreshing to see a thriller that doesn't compromise itself with a pat Hollywood ending.
March 16, 2004
The plot certainly has possibilities, but far too many of them are botched by writer-director David Koepp, who's a better writer than director.
April 29, 2009
Johnny Depp is the saving grace of a sub-par, often boring mystery film with a spirited performance.
January 29, 2005
...an enjoyable little genre picture -- tense and stylish and full of Johnny Depp.
April 01, 2004
Mr. Depp demonstrates once again that he never disappoints as an actor, even in something as fraudulent as Secret Window.
October 11, 2006
This is, in short, a mystery story that has very little actual mystery.
