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March 12, 2004

Suspense goes out the 'Secret Window'

By DAVID GERMAIN
AP Movie Writer

Johnny Depp and John Turturro can elevate almost any movie, and they do lift the psychological thriller "Secret Window" a bit above the morass of horror cliches that riddle this latest Stephen King adaptation.

Yet Depp's manic tics and Turturro's menace carry only so far. The secrets of "Secret Window" are obvious almost from the start, and much of the movie comes off as a retread of earlier King tales about writers wrestling evil doppelgangers or wacko readers.


 
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