Story Line
Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea. But as Rainey endeavors to prove his innocence, he begins to question his own sanity.
“The most important part of a story is the ending.”
Top Cast
Johnny Depp
Mort Rainey
John Turturro
John Shooter
Maria Bello
Amy Rainey
Timothy Hutton
Ted Milner
Charles S. Dutton
Ken Karsch
Len Cariou
Sheriff Dave Newsome
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Rating
6.6/ 10
Release Date
2004-03-12
Runtime
1h 36m
Genres
MysteryThriller
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User Reviews (4)
John Chard
6/10
•3/20/2015You strike me as the kind of guy who's on the lookout for a head he can knock off with a shovel.
It's actually a film that shows both the good and bad sides of Johnny Depp and Stephen King adaptations to film form.
Depp plays a writer who whils...
Reno
6/10
•12/14/2016**A successful writer who accused of plagiarism.**
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...
Kamurai
7/10
•10/4/2020Really good watch, would watch again, and can recommend.
This is a great mystery / psychological thriller, but most of what makes it interesting is a spoiler.
They do a great job of creating the tension, or Johnny Depp does, as he's alone on sc...
Wuchak
6/10
•9/23/2023**_Suffering betrayal, an author faces challenges at his remote lake house_**
A successful writer (Johnny Depp) is finalizing divorce proceedings while working on a new book at his house on a lake in upstate New York when a hick from the Deep Sout...