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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Johnny Depp
Mort Rainey
John Turturro
John Shooter
Maria Bello
Amy Rainey
Timothy Hutton
Ted Milner
Charles S. Dutton
Ken Karsch
Len Cariou
Sheriff Dave Newsome
Joan Heney
Mrs. Garvey
John Dunn-Hill
Tom Greenleaf
Vlasta Vrana
Fire Chief Wickersham
Matt Holland
Detective Bradley
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
John Chard
March 20, 2015
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...
Reno
December 14, 2016
**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...
Kamurai
October 4, 2020
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 ...
Wuchak
September 23, 2023
**_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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