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.

| Dec 15, 2017

It all feels recycled and re-recycled.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 28, 2010

Depp's ... wonderfully frazzled portrait of seething resentment almost makes this minor thriller seem fresh.

| May 4, 2005

Anyone with a passing knowledge of King's jam-packed oeuvre and its spotty movie translations will be fidgeting in their seats from the get-go.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 14, 2004

Even Johnny Depp in quirk-overdrive can't save it, his slyly insincere performance eventually irritating as much as the sincerely stupid movie he's stuck in.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 1, 2004

Mr. Depp demonstrates once again that he never disappoints as an actor, even in something as fraudulent as Secret Window.

| Apr 1, 2004

The story is so basic that it makes a fine template for an exercise in style, and Koepp layers on the details with great relish.

Full Review | Mar 21, 2004

Has no story, no ending and no redeeming value.

| Mar 18, 2004

Naturally, the less said about the spooks themselves, the better.

| Mar 18, 2004

Ridiculously overwrought.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Mar 16, 2004

Not the stuff strong thrillers are made of, but Panic Room screenwriter David Koepp knows how to ratchet up the tension and spring as many giddy jump cuts on the audience as they can stand.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 16, 2004

The plot certainly has possibilities, but far too many of them are botched by writer-director David Koepp, who's a better writer than director.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Mar 16, 2004

[A] fairly mundane thriller.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 16, 2004

Adapted from a Stephen King novella, the film lurches tiredly through the author's favorite masochistic-narcissistic fantasy, subjecting a woebegone writer to a gauntlet of abuse.

Full Review | Mar 16, 2004

[I]t's so refreshing to see a thriller that doesn't compromise itself with a pat Hollywood ending.

Full Review | Mar 15, 2004

Despite Koepp's control of suspense and Depp's fully fleshed, if fragmented, hero, this Window ultimately feels like one most of us have climbed through before.

Full Review | Mar 12, 2004

[Koepp's] up against an insurmountable problem -- lifeless source material.

| Mar 12, 2004

[Depp] turns Secret Window into a pleasantly show-offy showcase for his own charisma.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 12, 2004

An eerie, playful thriller and an all-around entertaining time at the movies.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 12, 2004

Works well as a showcase for Depp's idiosyncrasies.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 12, 2004