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Secret Window
Secret Window

Secret Window

2004 96 min ★ 6.6 Mystery, Thriller

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.

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Cast

Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp

Mort Rainey

John Turturro

John Turturro

John Shooter

Maria Bello

Maria Bello

Amy Rainey

Timothy Hutton

Timothy Hutton

Ted Milner

Charles S. Dutton

Charles S. Dutton

Ken Karsch

Len Cariou

Len Cariou

Sheriff Dave Newsome

Joan Heney

Joan Heney

Mrs. Garvey

John Dunn-Hill

John Dunn-Hill

Tom Greenleaf

Vlasta Vrana

Vlasta Vrana

Fire Chief Wickersham

Matt Holland

Matt Holland

Detective Bradley

Details

Director

David Koepp

Screenplay

David Koepp

Tagline

"The most important part of a story is the ending."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$40,000,000

Revenue

$92,900,000

Production

Grand Slam Productions, Columbia Pictures, Pariah

Reviews

J

John Chard

March 20, 2015

★ 6/10

You strike me as the kind of guy who's on the lookout for a head he can knock off with a shovel. It's actually a film that shows both the good and bad sides of Johnny Depp and Stephen King adaptations to film form. Depp plays a writer who whilst going through a divorce and living out in the country in isolation, is suddenly menaced by John Turturo, who claims he is the victim of plagiarism p...

R

Reno

December 14, 2016

★ 6/10

**A successful writer who accused of plagiarism.** It was based on the novel, though the original title makes more sense than this film. Maybe they wanted to avert the spoiler. But I don't think it would have affected much, because the twist comes at the final segment. The tale of a writer who is in the middle of divorce and now living alone is the lake house got threatened by a stranger, becau...

K

Kamurai

October 4, 2020

★ 7/10

Really good watch, would watch again, and can recommend. This is a great mystery / psychological thriller, but most of what makes it interesting is a spoiler. They do a great job of creating the tension, or Johnny Depp does, as he's alone on screen for about half the movie. The rest of the cast is excellent and gives exactly what is needed to bring the movie, and the audience, to a natural ...

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Wuchak

September 23, 2023

★ 6/10

**_Suffering betrayal, an author faces challenges at his remote lake house_** A successful writer (Johnny Depp) is finalizing divorce proceedings while working on a new book at his house on a lake in upstate New York when a hick from the Deep South shows up at his doorstep, accusing him of plagiarism. Maria Bello and Timothy Hutton are on hand as the wife and her beau. “Secret Window” (2004)...

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