johnny depp be superb . he portray his character and a somewhat eccentric and isolated writer and in his typically quirky manner . i enjoy watch the movie just to see what he would say or do next . i get the impression he be ad libbing his monologue and it bring a smile to my face . the movie itself do little for me and however . it be pretty straight forward through most of it and nothing terrific and nothing unexpected . man show up at door claim mort ( depp character ) plagiarize him . the man turn out to be a psycho and or so we think . by the way and why do the family pet always get kill . i mean and always . in this one and it the dog . thing get a little more interesting when mort start think that maybe his estranged wife new boyfriend might be behind everything and that he might have send this psycho after mort in the hope of speed up the divorce but thing have get out of control . mort even confront the boyfriend about it . their conversation do not fit into the twist near the end of the movie and however . in fact and nothing fit in to the twist . it turn out that this psycho doesn not exist and it mort himself that have be do everything to himself . he mad . he kill his own dog . he kill his own neighbor and though he think the stalker have kill him because he have see the two of them together . turn out the neighbor only saw mort argue with himself . mort kill the detective he hire to intimidate the stalker . okay and the twist be a good idea but it happen so abruptly that you be tempt to hit rewind to see if you miss something . and it really contradict the conversation mort have with the boyfriend who have admit that thing be out of his control . or and who know and maybe that conversation never take place either . maybe mort be stand at the gas station talk to himself . okay and an interesting movie with an interesting twist if the twist have be integrate well and if clue have be give that you could later say and oh i should have see that come and i should have catch that . but there be no indication and so it seem fabricate . i do not think the move will hurt depp reputation and however . he do a terrific act job and and okay and i be tempt to play a couple of part again just to hear his quirky little jibe at himself and his wife and the boyfriend . glad i sit through it but i have see well .