The mystery in Secret Window won't be too hard to pry open.
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03/18/04
Secret Window (2004)
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Reviews Counted:155
Fresh:72
Rotten:83
Average Rating:5.5/10
Consensus: Depp is quirkily entertaining, but the movie runs out of steam by the end.
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Based on a Stephen King novella, the psychological thriller SECRET WINDOW is reminiscent of an Alfred Hitchcock film. Eccentric author Mort Rainey (Johnny Depp) finds his life spiraling out of... [More]
Starring: Johnny Depp, John Turturro, Maria Bello, Charles S. Dutton
Director: David Koepp
Reviews for Secret Window
...[only] the latest King thriller to be defenestrated onto the screen. The hack finale buried whatever hope I had for Secret Window to keep me from eyeing the door.
03/18/04
Has no story, no ending and no redeeming value.
03/18/04
If the material seems awfully familiar (and after you learn the ending, it will), it's as much Stephen King's fault as David Koepp's.
03/18/04
Naturally, the less said about the spooks themselves, the better.
03/18/04
Sadly, the good isn't as good as the best King adaptations, and the bad isn't as funny as the worst ones.
03/17/04
N'empêche une autre performance de qualité de Johnny Depp, Fenêtre secrète finit par s'effriter à mesure que l'on avance vers sa résolution
03/17/04
Unfortunately, an attention-grabbing visual style and compelling performances across the board cannot overcome what’s lacking in story.
03/16/04
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03/16/04
Ridiculously overwrought.
03/16/04
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03/16/04
Remember why Kathy Bates won an Oscar? Well this is something like that.
03/16/04
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.
03/16/04
Not the stuff strong thrillers are made of, but Panic Room screenwriter David Koepp knows how to ratchet up the tension and spring as many giddy jump cuts on the audience as they can stand.
03/16/04
[A] fairly mundane thriller.
03/16/04
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.
03/16/04
Secret Window is taut, credible, and thoroughly entertaining, and features another eccentric -- and uncommonly good -- performance from Johnny Depp.
03/16/04
Absorbing and satisfying, just like a good old-fashioned page-turner of a novel.
03/16/04
...a twisted and sinister film with a payoff worth the price of admission.
03/16/04
It’s technically very well made, but the mystery isn’t good enough to compensate for Secret Window’s mild suspense and murky purpose.
03/15/04
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