Secret Window

Fans of Johnny Depp will be happy with a movie like "Secret Window" that he is featured the majority of the time. Regular moviegoers may as well wait for this to come to DVD and rent it on a dull night. ... Full Review

Secret Window" has a great cast, lead by Johnny Depp, and a strong supporting character in John Turturro's Shooter. Secret Window" has some great moments and is definitely one of the better on-screen adaptations of the many Stephen King novels. ... Full Review

He's probably the most gifted actor of his generation, and his performance here is rock-solid. In "Maximum Overdrive," Kings pathetic foray into directing, characters at a truck stop were trapped inside by machines gone wild. ... Full Review

Which is not to say Secret Window is worth much more than the price of a rental.....though we don't actually see him do anything terribly brutal, Turturro gives him a knife-edge aura of threat, which has served the actor well....Writer/director David Koepp, a screenwriter-for-hire who has directed two interesting.... ... Full Review

flawed thrillers ( The Trigger Effect and Stir of Echoes ), starts things off at a brisk clip.... ... Full Review

Other than that this was typical King storytelling or at least very aptly channeled by Koepp. He hires a private investigator (Charles S. Dutton), but Shooter seems to know everything and Mort is forced to face the fact that he has to deal with Shooter on his own or he and his loved ones will face death. ... Full Review

There is one other little good thing about the film.....It feels lazy throughout the movie....much of a good story for a ninety minute movie here.....well, there really is no strong colour in this film.....The performances are also terrible..... ... Full Review

The movie works well for the most part Though fairly low-key, the Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack of Secret Window also seemed winning. Ultimately, Secret Window provides some entertainment, and I give it credit for a dark ending. ... Full Review

Whatever its visual and soundtrack merits, Secret Window s foremost asset is the wondrous Depp. Even more interesting, perhaps, is the difficulty of plagiarizing from oneself, surely a subject with which King has some experience, as Secret Window makes obvious. ... Full Review

Overall I enjoyed Secret Window , its another odd and eccentric Johnny Depp performance that drives you to keep watching what unfolds. Deleted scenes are always a treat; sometimes theyre included just to show stuff that doesnt work. ... Full Review