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Movie Overview
Cast
• Johnny Depp
• John Turturro
• Maria Bello
Director
• David Koepp
MPAA Rating
PG-13 - violence/terror, sexual content and language
Secret Window (2004)

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OFCS Rating: 50% Rotten
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"Johnny Depp may be the only actor around today who can turn even something as simple as washing and drying his hands into a dramatic clue about the character he's playing."  ReelTalk Movie Reviews  Betty Jo Tucker

3/4
"By the end of Secret Window, I was too busy being amused by the film's undeniable sense of thrills to care that much about the flaws."  Cinemaphile.org  David Keyes

3/4
"Secret Window is taut, credible, and thoroughly entertaining, and features another eccentric -- and uncommonly good -- performance from Johnny Depp."  Movie Boeuf  David N. Butterworth

C+
"An unsatisfying finale."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

3/4
"A taut, spine-tingling thriller, the most assured and classy adaptation of Stephen King's horror-themed work since 1990's Misery."  DustinPutman.com  Dustin Putman

"Naturally, the less said about the spooks themselves, the better."  City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul  Ed Gonzalez

B
"A deliciously pulpy thriller ... equal parts comedy and suspense, and the mix is nice."  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider

B+
"With the gargantuan amount of talent invested in this production, it just seems churlish to quibble over details."  Film Blather  Eugene Novikov

2/4
"...[a] stylish but hampered frightfest. There’s a questionable routine draft that blows through this particular defective Window...notoriously derivative and repetitive. "  Movie Eye  Frank Ochieng

B
"For all its last-act problems, the picture's stylishness, genuinely unsettling atmosphere and spectacular lead performances make it an enjoyably creepy thrill-ride."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

3/5
"Secret Window is an intense thriller, adapted from a novella by Stephen King, that presents a rounded anatomy of resentment and anger."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

3/4
"The standout is John Turturro, who makes Shooter a terrifying individual."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

2/4
"for a while it works, right up until its dreadfully silly ending"  Q Network Film Desk  James Kendrick

3.5/4
"Bravo for the revival of the smart thriller."  Palo Alto Weekly  Jeanne Aufmuth

2.5/5
"It's not the best King adaptation ever, but it's a good one. See it for Johnny."  Cinerina  Karina Montgomery

2/4
"The bulk of Secret Window is best summed up by another of the film’s thematic constants—a primary character’s pathological taste for corn."  Slant Magazine  Keith Uhlich

1/5
"Bottom line, it's extremely predictable, even if you didn't read the original novella."  Film Threat  Kevin Carr

C+
"[Depp] does make the experience far more watchable than it ought to be...with his eccentric, outwardly violent manifestations of his inner turmoil"  Reeling Reviews  Laura Clifford

2/5
"King's Secret Window, Secret Garden is the kind of story that defies adaptation."  TV Guide's Movie Guide  Maitland McDonagh

"It’s all about the Depp. And hats."  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

3/4
"Absorbing and satisfying, just like a good old-fashioned page-turner of a novel."  Aisle Seat  Mike McGranaghan

C
"There are a couple of tingly reveals and creepy fake-outs, but it's just too familiar. John Shooter tells Morty that his story needs a better ending. So does this movie. "  Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies  Nell Minow

"Depp's ... wonderfully frazzled portrait of seething resentment almost makes this minor thriller seem fresh."  Lessons of Darkness  Nick Schager

4/5
"Torna-se não apenas um suspense eficiente, mas também um curioso estudo de personagens."  Cinema em Cena  Pablo Villaca

"'Secret Window' is essentially a one-man show for Johnny Depp to strut his stuff."  Critic Doctor  Peter Sobczynski

2.5/5
"Koepp simply never gets anywhere near the story's underlying themes."  Shadows on the Wall  Rich Cline

3/5
"Once again, Depp slouches into a piece of mainstream entertainment and takes every opportunity to amuse himself."  eFilmCritic.com  Rob Gonsalves

C+
"For 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."  Flipside Movie Emporium  Rob Vaux

B
"So creepy it had me squirming in my seat."  Laramie Movie Scope  Robert Roten

C+
"Secret Window had me for the first two-thirds of the film but it falls apart into typical [Stephen] King-isms in the last third..."  Reeling Reviews  Robin Clifford

2/4
"The greater question is why folks who have demonstrated relatively good judgment in the past equivocated themselves into a dimwit pot-boiler."  Film Freak Central  Walter Chaw

"Click here to see review"  Wolf Entertainment Guide  William Wolf

C-
Read review  FilmJerk.com  Brian Orndorf

6/10
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2/4
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6/10
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OFCS Rating: 50% Rotten
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