Peter Grunbaum Very good movie. In these days it is hard to see a good movie coming but this one is really great. Might have been inspiration for the game Alan Wake. Notice the name Rainy as a reference to snow, rain and weather. The movie is full of mystery and wonder. It makes you wonder why the world exists. Epic scenery of lucid dreaming is mixed with horrifying scenes of sublime and epic horror. The acting is very good as well.

Alex Jermova This movie is completely underrated. I haven't read the story by S.King but I sure feel compelled to now that I saw the movie. Let me say this: the movie might have some deficiencies and one or two little annoying things about the characters, but otherwise it was absolute pleasure to watch it. Because of the cinematography (the long moving shots of the beautiful house and the elaborate showcase of the writers den atmosphere), because of the story and the way it was told and directed, because the movie has an undoubtedly classic twist, but it really comes out of the blue until the last 20-30 min when skillfully we are being given some mild hints about what might actually be happening. But yet again, because the character of Mort was so elaborately constructed as the victim of both a crazy Mississippi guy who thinks his story got stolen, as well as a victim of his bitchy, cheating wife and her sleazy new boyfriend...it is so surprising to see how it all unfolds. I mean sure, as I already said the story is not THAT unique and original and the idea exist in other movies and books, but the merits of this movie are more in the atmosphere it creates. I don't know, but I just loved it! It had this cozy mysterious feeling to it and a deeply uncozy ending, which to some extend left a bitter taste in my mouth, not because it wasn't good, but because I didn't want it to be this way for Mort, because the movie made me feel for him and like him. Deffinatly deserves a watch on a cozy evening when you are in the mood for a small town mystery kind of story. Acting was pretty good, especially from good old Johhny Depp.

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

moonspinner55 Disingenuous thriller, expanded from a Stephen King short story by David Koepp, who also directed, involves a novelist with writer's block, living alone in a rural cabin, accused of plagiarism by a sinister man from Mississippi named Shooter. Johnny Depp has the lead, looking fashionably shaggy and unkept, yet this is a vehicle that barely taps his talent. The horrific events which pile up around the author are meant to be morbidly amusing, but is there anything more reprehensible than killing the pet dog for a quick shock? Depp's dryly disengaged manner and funny-paranoid looks have to carry this a long way, though he's given a bit of help from a good supporting cast working from next to nothing. The 'twist' at the finale (juiced with special effects) is so derivative it is essentially predictable, while the tag at the end is perhaps too cheeky. All play and no work makes Depp a dull boy. ** from ****