Sadly, director David Koepp was not able to achieve the quality of his Stir of Echos with this film. Not that Secret Window is terrible though. The plot is fairly standard; writer Mort Rainey, whose divorce is messily in process, has a creepy Amish-like man called John Shooter approach his cabin, claiming Mort stole his short story. John goes on to terrorize Mort through the rest of the movie, even though Mort is trying to prove his work is original. Mort also has to balance in his divorce, the bodyguard/detective he hired, and his sanity. Johnny Depp, as usual, brings a lot to the film as Mort
his acting here was half the enjoyment. John Turturro did a fine job as well. Still, Secret Window failed to really grab on to the viewer and just comes off as an average-at-best thriller. The ending was cool though, even if it was a bit predictable. You may want to see The Ninth Gate instead.
Review of Secret Window
