It's not the best King adaptation ever, but it's a good one. See it for Johnny.
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03/15/04
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
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03/15/04
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03/15/04
[I]t's so refreshing to see a thriller that doesn't compromise itself with a pat Hollywood ending.
03/15/04
They had all the makings of a top-notch thriller here, except for original ideas – a deficiency that’s difficult to overlook.
03/14/04
So creepy it had me squirming in my seat.
03/13/04
...[a] stylish but hampered frightfest. There’s a questionable routine draft that blows through this particular defective Window...notoriously derivative and repetitive.
03/13/04
An unsatisfying finale.
03/13/04
A taut, spine-tingling thriller, the most assured and classy adaptation of Stephen King's horror-themed work since 1990's Misery.
03/13/04
Heeere's Johnny!
03/13/04
The pieces fit together easily, too easily, in fact, which sets you up for the grand finale.
03/13/04
Johnny Depp may be the only actor around today who can turn even something as simple as washing and drying his hands into a dramatic clue about the character he's playing.
03/12/04
Despite Koepp's control of suspense and Depp's fully fleshed, if fragmented, hero, this Window ultimately feels like one most of us have climbed through before.
03/12/04
[Koepp's] up against an insurmountable problem -- lifeless source material.
03/12/04
King's Secret Window, Secret Garden is the kind of story that defies adaptation.
03/12/04
[Depp] turns Secret Window into a pleasantly show-offy showcase for his own charisma.
03/12/04
An eerie, playful thriller and an all-around entertaining time at the movies.
03/12/04
How, really, do you go wrong with actors like Turturro, Depp, Bello, Hutton and (as a private eye) Charles S. Dutton? By using them as spits for King's brand of corn, roasted and then shoved down the gullets of the gullible.
03/12/04
Johnny Depp and John Turturro are so damned good that the whole thing (well, most of it) is entirely engaging.
03/12/04
Misses the sense of menace that it requires.
03/12/04
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