Secret Window Critic Reviews
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The story is more entertaining as it rolls along than it is when it gets to the finish line. But at least King uses his imagination right up to the end, and spares us the obligatory violent showdown that a lesser storyteller would have settled for.Read the full review
A potent psychological thriller bolstered by strong performances and an offbeat sense of humor. What renders it an unsettling cut above many thrillers is the casting of Johnny Depp in the lead. Read the full review
Even if a certain glibness in the plotting deflates its impact somewhat at the finish, it remains an eerie, playful thriller and an all-around entertaining time at the movies.Read the full review
A jokey, junky potboiler. Read the full review
It's a taught, entertaining motion picture that serves its purpose. Read the full review
The resourceful actor (Depp) invigorates Secret Window with a playful personality and wryly humorous aplomb not front-and-center in the script, making the psycho-suspenser more compelling than it might otherwise have been.Read the full review
The movie telegraphs its intentions too early and relies too much on a single actor, Johnny Depp, to achieve its emotional force. Read the full review
Doesn't keep any secrets but an open one: that Johnny Depp is on a roll, and actor's block is definitely not his problem.Read the full review
Unsteadily pitched between horror and comedy, Secret Window turns out to be neither terribly scary nor especially funny. Read the full review
Secret Window has an ending that lets one of our most reliably interesting actors pull out all the stops. But getting there from a good beginning followed by a slow, repetitive middle is a test of resourcefulness for him and a test of patience for us.Read the full review
