Title: Two solid performances wasted in this boring un-thriller
Product review: There are plenty of reviews of "Secret Window" so I'm not going to rehash the plot. I'll just tell you that the movie is a criminal waste of Johnny Depp and John Turturo's talents.Turturo is sufficiently menacing. Depp is believable as the eccentric protagonist. The movie has an interesting premise -- a manacing southerner accuses a reclusive author of stealing his story. The problem is that "Secret Window" telegraphs it's uninteresting "twist" ending so early that anyone who's seen the Sixth Sense, Identity, the Others, etc. will see it coming a mile away.The ending is totally predictable, unsatisfying and not half as clever as it thinks it is. I'd have given this movie one star if it weren't for Depp and Turturo. As it is, they elevate a movie that could've absolutely sucked to a level of boring forgetability.I can imagine enjoying "Secret Window" on cable on a hungover Sunday afternoon, but it's really not even worth a rental.
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