Nicolas F. Costoglou Secret Window is one of the few movies directed by David Koepp, who is otherwise known as a well respected screen-writer (who also wrote this one, based on the short-story by Stephen King).What i find interesting about Koepp is that all of his films are visually stunning and very imaginative, and that he knows how to build up suspense (could be because he worked with such great craftsman as Sam Raimi, Steven Spielberg, and Brian De Palma).Secret Window has the reputation of being a very well made movie, with a strong performance by Johnny Depp, but also with an ending which many feel, destroys the movie for the most part...Well, it's hard to say, but all of this hits right on the nose, except the part with the ending...it's not THAT drastic...(Afterall the protagonist even says that the ending is the most important part of a story)There are two things i have to say about that:First, the ending everyone talks about is made up of the last few minutes of the film, which is, up to this point, excellent. In my opinion you have to decide if these few minutes really could destroy the integrity of the sheer quality which came before it. And second, the ending itself is (technically) incredibly well made, and fascinating to watch. The only weak part is the motivation of the character.This review is marked as a spoiler-review, so you are warned:In the end it is revealed that the whole story centered around the antagonist of the story, because the protagonist and the antagonist are the same person (i know, who ever used this kind of twist, right?). The idea on itself is fascinating, and the scenes before also make sense despite it, BUT the reason why most people don't like it, seems to be the motivation of the character. It's not really clear WHY he has such a big psychological problem, we know that his wife cheated on him, but that's never enough for a person to get that mad and on this kind of murder-rampage, in which he even kills people who tried to help him, and who he really liked.To come to a conclusion: Secret Window is a very well made Mystery- Thriller, with a weak ending. You have to decide yourself if it breaks the movie for you, or just makes it a bit weaker then you expected...

adonis98-743-186503 A writer is accused of plagiarism by a strange man, who then starts haunting him for "justice." Secret Window is surrounded by a lot of mystery and suspense and of course Johnny Depp is excellent in the leading role, personally i don't understand why people hated this film because the 3rd act was actually well played and well acted and it almost gave me some Shining and Psycho vibes. Of course the film has it's fair share of flaws mostly with it's pacing, the ending could have been a bit better in my opinion and some characters don't get a lot of development but other than that this is a very good and well made thriller with a great performance by Depp and if you're open minded you might actually enjoy it. (8/10)

beatriceyongyuexuan The movie had a very eerie and tense atmosphere since the beginning, but I think that the way the story progresses, it seems as if the movie producers are deliberately trying to steer away from the ending that might have been expected or had at least crossed the audience's mind. But I'd say that this movie focuses a lot more on details rather than the actual story plot or the events that take place in the story. So I feel that this intentional emphasis on detail has dragged the thriller movie on too long for my taste. Also I'd say that the actors' expressions in this movie were too little, barely giving out any clue about what might they be feeling or thinking, which soon became a little uninteresting.

Reno Rangan It was based on the novel, though the original title makes more sense than this film. Maybe they wanted to avert the spoiler. But I don't think it would have affected much, because the twist comes at the final segment. The tale of a writer who is in the middle of divorce and now living alone is the lake house got threatened by a stranger, because according to him he stole his story. Followed by many unpleasant events, how he gets out of the trouble told in the next half.Feels just an okay kind. Though Johnny Depp was good. The suspense was good, particularly in the first half, but later it comes falling down. The second half was average, the twist was not interesting enough. After some point, you might predict it, but the point is it was too familiar. I especially did not like the finale, it was like not in detail. Still a watchable film, because of the actor and for decently made. So I think worth a watch if you keep a low expectation.6/10