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Secret Window (2004)
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Johnny Depp, John Turturro, Maria Bello, Charles S. Dutton, Timothy Hutton
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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.
Even Johnny Depp in quirk-overdrive can't save it, his slyly insincere performance eventually irritating as much as the sincerely stupid movie he's stuck in.
Koepp simply never gets anywhere near the story's underlying themes.
Once again, Depp slouches into a piece of mainstream entertainment and takes every opportunity to amuse himself.
This is, in short, a mystery story that has very little actual mystery.
It’s a telling sign when a supposedly sympathetic character’s head is smashed on a rock and laughter erupts in the theatre.
Depp's ... wonderfully frazzled portrait of seething resentment almost makes this minor thriller seem fresh.
...an enjoyable little genre picture -- tense and stylish and full of Johnny Depp.
Another lousy movie adapted from Stephen King's writing; another slander against the mentally ill; another energetic Depp performance in a losing cause.
There have been as many Stephen King movie adaptations as Ron Jeremy films, and while some have been limp, "Secret Window" rises to the occasion.
...much of Secret Window will seem old hat to anyone who knows what "redrum" means.
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