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Release Date: 22 June, 2004 Retail Price: $14.94 OUR Price: $10.99 You SAVE: $3.95! Cast: |
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Weak film with a spectacularly bad ending
I notice that most of the Amazon reviews of Secret Window have been written by fans of Johnny Depp, and that fact probably accounts for the higher than deserved ratings given to the film. While I have nothing against Depp, and actually think he's pretty good value, his emotional range is fairly limited. He does quirky very well, and funny also pretty well. And that's about it. I can't remember the last role he played where he was forced to connect emotionally with another character - he almost invariably plays the loner. I'm quite prepared to be proved wrong about this, as I'm by no means a Depp afficionado. But the films I have seen him in - Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow, Pirates of the Caribbean, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Blow - pretty much all fit into this category.
Having said that, Secret Window does not provide Depp with much of a chance to show his range, as it is about as subtle and enlightening as something neither subtle nor enlightening. Depp plays Mort Rainey, a successful author who has holed up in a cabin in the sleepy town of Tachmore Lake after a bitter separation and ongoing divorce from his wife Amy (played by Maria Bello). One morning he is confronted by a sinister redneck, John Shooter (John Turturro), who accuses Rainey of stealing his story and publishing it under another name - the "Secret Window" of the film's title. Rainey attempts to prove that this allegation is untrue, but predictably finds himself unable to do so, as things start to go disastrously wrong. Turturro's performance exudes malice, while Bello is fine as the emotionally confused ex-wife. Depp though, seems miscast. He portrays surface panic adequately, but genuine fear and paranoia are beyond him. However, I'm not sure any lead actor cast in this role could save what is a cliched and obvious thriller that provides very few thrills. The direction (by David Koepp) is fairly leaden, and, as others have already stated, the twist is both ludicrous and horribly telegraphed.
Great Adaptation!
Johnny Deep was great in this film! It really did justice to the stephen King novella. What else is there to say, the film is highly recomended to anyone who likes Stephen King.
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