Fear
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51 out of 100

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7.6 out of 10

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  • Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Reese Witherspoon
  • Summary: David McCall (Wahlberg) becomes a psychopath boyfriend when Nicole (Witherspoon) tries to end their relationship.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 16
  3. Negative: 3 out of 16
  1. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not Credited)
    88
    Testosterone-driven entertainment with a moral, sleekly directed by James Foley.
  2. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    75
    It's a maddening, satisfying, junky, enjoyable picture.
  3. Empire
    Reviewed by: Bob McCabe
    60
    Fear, a sort of pubescent Fatal Attraction, is derivative and often risible, in the competent hands of Foley it's also highly enjoyable.
  4. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Patrick Z. McGavin
    38
    A movie as unsubtle as its title suggests, Fear is too seriously intended to work as trash and too ungainly and ugly to register as entertainment. [15 Apr 1996]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. PaulaD.
    10
    This is mark Wahlberg's best movie! He is so hot in it and scary!!
  2. RichardL.
    10
    great! Fear is a dark thriller that will have your heart racing and you mind working through the whole film. This great film form director James Foley stars Reese Witherspoon as Nicole, a 16 year old "good girl" who while partying with her friends she meets David( Mark Wahlberg), a charming young man who sweeps Nicole off her feet. Soon enough David and Nicole are inseparable, and Nicole's dad doesn't like that; Nicole's dad starts to dig into Davids past and finds some disturbing things. after that he forbids Nicole to see David,and that starts a battle of wits and brawn that explodes into a heart-pounding thriller that you can't miss. I highly recommend this movie.… Expand
  3. RichardL.
    10
    great! Fear is a dark thriller that will have your heart racing and you mind working through the whole film. This great film form director James Foley stars Reese Witherspoon as Nicole, a 16 year old "good girl" who while partying with her friends she meets David( Mark Wahlberg), a charming young man who sweeps Nicole off her feet. Soon enough David and Nicole are inseparable, and Nicole's dad doesn't like that; Nicole's dad starts to dig into Davids past and finds some disturbing things. after that he forbids Nicole to see David,and that starts a battle of wits and brawn that explodes into a heart-pounding thriller that you can't miss. I highly recommend this movie.… Expand

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