Secret Window
Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea. But as Rainey endeavors to prove his innocence, he begins to question his own sanity.
What critics thought
Critics landed in mixed territory on Secret Window, largely agreeing that Johnny Depp's eccentric performance is the film's main draw while the plot runs out of ideas before it finishes. The central debate is whether Depp's charm is enough to sustain a thriller that critics found mechanically constructed and increasingly hollow toward its twist ending.
“story is more entertaining as it rolls along than it is when it gets to the finish line. But at least King uses his imagination right up to the end, and spares us the obligatory violent showdown that a lesser storyteller would have settled for.”
Roger Ebert·RogerEbert.com
“The presence of the sublime Depp will be enough to get Secret Window noticed, but even his latest set of rattling eccentricities is not enough to energise this deadbeat parlour trick.”
Ian Nathan·Empire Online
Parents guide
- Violence
- moderate
- Sex
- none
- Profanity
- moderate
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- moderate
Genres
Mystery, Thriller
Cast & Crew
David KoeppDirector
Johnny DeppMort Rainey
John TurturroJohn Shooter
Maria BelloAmy Rainey
Timothy HuttonTed Milner
Charles S. DuttonKen Karsch
Len CariouSheriff Dave Newsome
Joan HeneyMrs. Garvey
John Dunn-HillTom Greenleaf
Vlasta VranaFire Chief Wickersham
Matt HollandDetective Bradley
Gillian FerrabeeFran Evans
Bronwen MantelGreta Bowie
Philip GlassComposer
Stephen KingWriterSecret Window
Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea. But as Rainey endeavors to prove his innocence, he begins to question his own sanity.
What critics thought
Critics landed in mixed territory on Secret Window, largely agreeing that Johnny Depp's eccentric performance is the film's main draw while the plot runs out of ideas before it finishes. The central debate is whether Depp's charm is enough to sustain a thriller that critics found mechanically constructed and increasingly hollow toward its twist ending.
“story is more entertaining as it rolls along than it is when it gets to the finish line. But at least King uses his imagination right up to the end, and spares us the obligatory violent showdown that a lesser storyteller would have settled for.”
Roger Ebert·RogerEbert.com
“The presence of the sublime Depp will be enough to get Secret Window noticed, but even his latest set of rattling eccentricities is not enough to energise this deadbeat parlour trick.”
Ian Nathan·Empire Online
Parents guide
- Violence
- moderate
- Sex
- none
- Profanity
- moderate
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- moderate
Genres
Mystery, Thriller
Cast & Crew
David KoeppDirectorJohnny DeppMort RaineyJohn TurturroJohn ShooterMaria BelloAmy RaineyTimothy HuttonTed MilnerCharles S. DuttonKen KarschLen CariouSheriff Dave NewsomeJoan HeneyMrs. GarveyJohn Dunn-HillTom GreenleafVlasta VranaFire Chief WickershamMatt HollandDetective BradleyGillian FerrabeeFran EvansBronwen MantelGreta BowiePhilip GlassComposerStephen KingWriter