
Mort Rainey is a successful writer going through a rather unfriendly divorce from his wife of ten years, Amy. Alone and bitter in his cabin, he continues to work on his writing when a stranger named John Shooter shows up on his doorstep, claiming Rainey stole his story. Mort says he can prove the story belongs to him and not Shooter, but while Mort digs around for the magazine which published the story in question years ago, things begin to happen around Shooter. Mort's dog d... (Full plot summary below)
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Mort Rainey is a successful writer going through a rather unfriendly divorce from his wife of ten years, Amy. Alone and bitter in his cabin, he continues to work on his writing when a stranger named John Shooter shows up on his doorstep, claiming Rainey stole his story. Mort says he can prove the story belongs to him and not Shooter, but while Mort digs around for the magazine which published the story in question years ago, things begin to happen around Shooter. Mort's dog dies, people begin to die, and his divorce proceedings with Amy continue to get uglier. It seems that Shooter has Mort over a barrel, but perhaps Mort has his own ideas on how to resolve all the problems that plague him lately.
Leave your thoughts about Secret Window.
| Palo Alto WeeklyJeanne AufmuthBravo for the revival of the smart thriller. |
| Flipside Movie EmporiumRob VauxFor all its technical prowess, it can't shake the feeling that we've seen this all before... and that it was probably better the first time. |
| Worcester Telegram & GazetteDaniel M. KimmelIt's dark and a bit contrived, and that will turn off some, but audiences seeking something offbeat and scary won't be disappointed. |
| Salt Lake TribuneSean P. MeansLounging around that cabin in a ratty bathrobe, Depp manages to make doing nothing look dynamic. |
| Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah)Audrey Rock-RichardsonYou can thank Johnny Depp and Johnny Depp alone for any enjoyment you get out of this film. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonLike Lon Chaney or Buster Keaton, Depp tosses off endless bits of physical business as if they were little poems. |
| Boston GlobeWesley MorrisA second helping would be hard to justify were it not for Depp, whose manic idea of comedy seems right for a Stephen King thriller. |
| Seattle TimesMoira MacDonald[Depp] turns Secret Window into a pleasantly show-offy showcase for his own charisma. |
| TheFilmFile.comDustin PutmanA taut, spine-tingling thriller, the most assured and classy adaptation of Stephen King's horror-themed work since 1990's Misery. |
| NewsdayJohn AndersonThere are contrivances of convenience in Secret Window, all of which keep the movie from ending too soon. |