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WINDOW
With
Johnny
Depp,
John
Turturro,
Maria
Bello,
Timothy
Hutton
Directed
by
David
Koepp
Another
adaptation
of
a
Stephen
King
story.
Johnny
Depp
usually
alternates
his
more
substantial
roles
with
mainstream
stabs
like
this.
Not
even
a
third
into
this
not
very
thrilling
thrilling,
I
hoped
that
the
end
result
wasn't
the
cliché
one
I
had
been
expecting.
Alas!
I
couldn't
believe
it.
Depp
plays
a
writer
(big
surprise),
who
drinks
(even
bigger
surprise),
and
is
going
through
a
divorce
(this
is
Stephen
King
remember).
Six
months
after
catching
his
wife
with
another
guy,
he
retreats
to
a
cabin
in
the
woods,
sleeping
most
of
the
time,
not
much
writing
done.
One
morning
someone
bangs
on
his
door
-
the
Mississippi
man
claims
that
he
stole
one
of
his
stories.
While
a
fine
actor,
Turturro
is
not
convincing
in
the
part,
nor
is
he
as
menacing
as
hoped.
People
start
dying,
as
our
panicking
writer
has
to
prove
that
he
wrote
the
story
first.
While
the
ending
is
not
a
cop-out,
it's
predictable
premise
and
denouement
and
"surprise
reveal"
is
hardly
that.
The
deleted
scenes
don't
add
much
and
the
most
you'll
get
from
this
experience
is
gaining
some
director
insights
with
the
commentary
track.
Besides
the
acceptable
(but
not
exceptional
Philip
Glass
soundtrack,
as
to
be
expected),
the
other
highlight
is
its
widescreen
presentation.
Overall
a
disappointment.
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