A drama film about Mort Rainey, a newly-created author. After the idea of divorce, Mort decided to spend some time at home away from everyone. Now, things turn to a bad turn when a stranger accuses Mort of literary theft, and then begins chasing him with judicial 'justice.'
Adapted from a Stephen King novella, the film lurches tiredly through the author's favorite masochistic-narcissistic fantasy, subjecting a woebegone writer to a gauntlet of abuse.
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
January 29, 2005
...an enjoyable little genre picture -- tense and stylish and full of Johnny Depp.
Cinema Crazed
April 29, 2009
Johnny Depp is the saving grace of a sub-par, often boring mystery film with a spirited performance.