Secret Window (2004)

Release date: 2004-03-12
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: David Koepp
Production Co: Grand Slam Productions, Columbia Pictures, Mel's Cite du Cinema
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Rating: 6.6/10
Length: 1h 36min

Storyline

Mort Rainey is a successful writer going through a rather unfriendly divorce from his wife of ten years, Amy. Alone and bitter in his cabin, he continues to work on his writing when a stranger named John Shooter shows up on his doorstep, claiming Rainey stole his story. Mort says he can prove the story belongs to him and not Shooter, but while Mort digs around for the magazine which published the story in question years ago, things begin to happen around Shooter. Mort's dog dies, people begin to die, and his divorce proceedings with Amy continue to get uglier. It seems that Shooter has Mort over a barrel, but perhaps Mort has his own ideas on how to resolve all the problems that plague him lately.

Plot Keywords

surprise ending, extramarital affair, blood splatter, hit in the face, fire, diner, braces, based on the works of stephen king, blood, based on novel, actor shares first name with character, adultery, unfaithfulness, infidelity, bloody violence, writer, cabin, investigator, stranger, writer's block

Short Review

Actually, there isn't much of a movie here at all. But there is always Depp... By far the director David Koepp's best decision was to indulge in a riveted idolatry of his star.