Secret Window is one of the few movies directed by David Koepp, who is otherwise known as a well respected screen-writer (who also wrote this one, based on the short-story by Stephen King).
What i find interesting about Koepp is that all of his films are visually stunning and very imaginative, and that he knows how to build up suspense (could be because he worked with such great craftsman as Sam Raimi, Steven Spielberg, and Brian De Palma).
Secret Window has the reputation of being a very well made movie, with a strong performance by Johnny Depp, but also with an ending which many feel, destroys the movie for the most part...
Well, it's hard to say, but all of this hits right on the nose, except the part with the ending...it's not THAT drastic...
(Afterall the protagonist even says that the ending is the most important part of a story)
There are two things i have to say about that:
First, the ending everyone talks about is made up of the last few minutes of the film, which is, up to this point, excellent. In my opinion you have to decide if these few minutes really could destroy the integrity of the sheer quality which came before it.
And second, the ending itself is (technically) incredibly well made, and fascinating to watch. The only weak part is the motivation of the character.
This review is marked as a spoiler-review, so you are warned:
In the end it is revealed that the whole story centered around the antagonist of the story, because the protagonist and the antagonist are the same person (i know, who ever used this kind of twist, right?).
The idea on itself is fascinating, and the scenes before also make sense despite it, BUT the reason why most people don't like it, seems to be the motivation of the character. It's not really clear WHY he has such a big psychological problem, we know that his wife cheated on him, but that's never enough for a person to get that mad and on this kind of murder-rampage, in which he even kills people who tried to help him, and who he really liked.
To come to a conclusion: Secret Window is a very well made Mystery- Thriller, with a weak ending. You have to decide yourself if it breaks the movie for you, or just makes it a bit weaker then you expected...
What i find interesting about Koepp is that all of his films are visually stunning and very imaginative, and that he knows how to build up suspense (could be because he worked with such great craftsman as Sam Raimi, Steven Spielberg, and Brian De Palma).
Secret Window has the reputation of being a very well made movie, with a strong performance by Johnny Depp, but also with an ending which many feel, destroys the movie for the most part...
Well, it's hard to say, but all of this hits right on the nose, except the part with the ending...it's not THAT drastic...
(Afterall the protagonist even says that the ending is the most important part of a story)
There are two things i have to say about that:
First, the ending everyone talks about is made up of the last few minutes of the film, which is, up to this point, excellent. In my opinion you have to decide if these few minutes really could destroy the integrity of the sheer quality which came before it.
And second, the ending itself is (technically) incredibly well made, and fascinating to watch. The only weak part is the motivation of the character.
This review is marked as a spoiler-review, so you are warned:
In the end it is revealed that the whole story centered around the antagonist of the story, because the protagonist and the antagonist are the same person (i know, who ever used this kind of twist, right?).
The idea on itself is fascinating, and the scenes before also make sense despite it, BUT the reason why most people don't like it, seems to be the motivation of the character. It's not really clear WHY he has such a big psychological problem, we know that his wife cheated on him, but that's never enough for a person to get that mad and on this kind of murder-rampage, in which he even kills people who tried to help him, and who he really liked.
To come to a conclusion: Secret Window is a very well made Mystery- Thriller, with a weak ending. You have to decide yourself if it breaks the movie for you, or just makes it a bit weaker then you expected...