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Overall Rank: 7664

Average Rating: 2.4/4

# of Ratings: 189

Theatrical Release Date: 03/12/2004

Language: English

Genre: Drama, Mystery

MPAA Rating: PG-13

Director: David Koepp

Actors: Johnny Depp, John Turturro, Maria Bello, Timothy Hutton, Charles S. Dutton, Len Cariou

Plot: A known writer is accused for plagiarism by a mysterious man, who then starts haunting him for "justice."

Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 10/21/2023

It comes from the same place as the stories for "Misery" and "The Dark Half." Psychological thrillers about writers in peril. But the sillier and overstylized "Secret Window" misses the mark by a mile.

Matthew Brady - wrote on 06/28/2022

"This is not my beautiful house. This is not my beautiful wife. Anymore." Even when Johnny Depp is playing a character who on paper isn't anything else than just a normal guy, and yet, Depp still manages to bring some chaotic magic to it. John Turturro was also great in this.

Daniel Corleone - wrote on 02/11/2013

As mentioned by other members, nothing special and the conclusion was predictable. Unfortunately the cast was underutilized and the premise somewhat average.

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Shoot-her

MovieAddict - wrote on 03/16/2012

Jonny Depp stars in this Stephen King-based story as Mort Rainey, a reclusive writer who lives with his dog in a cabin near a lake. The opening sequence of the story is a flashback 6 months earlier where he discovers his wife Amy Rainey (Maria Bello) in bed with another man Ted Milner (Timothy Hutton)– so Mort moves away from the city to somewhere in the country. Whilst there he meets a dangerous stranger named John Shooter (John Turturro). Claiming Mort has plagiarized his short story, the psychotic Shooter demands justice. After reading John's story, Mort finds that the stories are exactly the same, except for the endings. So Mort tried to straighten things out with John, who keeps persisting it is his story which has been stolen but things turn nasty when he finds his beloved dog …

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Secret Window

Tia Maria - wrote on 07/08/2008

This is about a published writer, Mort Rainy (Johnny Depp), who is threatened by a guy called John Shooter, who claims that Rainy plagiarised his story: Secret Window. He leaves HIS story, whihc HE wrote, on his doorstep, for Mort to see, and after reading it, he realizes that it is exactly the same as his story, even though he didn't plagiarise it. After finding his dog, a witness who saw John with Mort, and Mort's bodyguard dead, he realizes it is serious. But then killing his wife (they were in the process of getting a divorce), and her new boyfriend, you find that Shooter is him. He is Schitzophrenic.

This was quite a simple film, in a way, because it basically went round in circles. But I loved the ending, it was really good. I didn't really appreciate seeing Mort's dog in such …

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The Secret Window Movie Review

Crazy 4 war movies - wrote on 05/13/2008

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The Secret Window Review


Beautifully written and directed by the great David Koepp The Secret window has finally been produced into a full length feature film. Based off the spooky and intense novel by the horrific mastermind better know as Stephen King, this movie will keep your mind busy from the moment the movie begins to a few days later when you are still sorting it out. This movie brings out a new side of Johnny Depp, he is not a courageous pirate or loving candy man but simply a schizophrenic writer who encounters various problems occurring in his life. Filled with twits and turns the movie is a nice alternative to extremely graphic and horrific physiological thrillers.
The director does a great job enchaining the movie with simple techniques. …