Johnny Depp never made much of an impression on me in his early films... but I have to say that he has become one of my favorite actors. In Secret Window, he plays an author named Mort Rainey who is being harassed and stalked by a fellow writer who claims his story was pirated. He claims the story was his.. but that the ending had been changed. He is continuously harassing Rainey to fess up to the piracy and redo the story with his original ending. John Turturro plays the man stalking Rainey and he is as creepy as ever. Rainey thinks he is losing it because he knows he wrote the story and not this loony who is stalking him. Lots of bad things begin to happen in Rainey's life... and the crazed stalker is behind it all. This movie was well acted, well written and well done all around. The surprise ending revealed itself to me a little soon... but it was still a good payoff. Depp fans will want to see this.. and fans of good twisted movies will as well.
Johnny Depp never made much of an impression on me in his early films... but I have to say that he has become one of my favorite actors. In Secret Window, he plays an author named Mort Rainey who is being harassed and stalked by a fellow writer who claims his story was pirated. He claims the story was his.. but that the ending had been changed. He is continuously harassing Rainey to fess up to the piracy and redo the story with his original ending. John Turturro plays the man stalking Rainey and he is as creepy as ever. Rainey thinks he is losing it because he knows he wrote the story and not this loony who is stalking him. Lots of bad things begin to happen in Rainey's life... and the crazed stalker is behind it all. This movie was well acted, well written and well done all around. The surprise ending revealed itself to me a little soon... but it was still a good payoff. Depp fans will want to see this.. and fans of good twisted movies will as well.
