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  • Starring: Ellen Barkin, Robert De Niro, Wesley Snipes
  • Summary: When the San Francisco Giants pay centerfielder Bobby Rayburn $40 million to lead their team to the World Series, no one is happier or more supportive than #1 fan Gil Renard. So when Rayburn becomes mired in the worst slump of his career, the obsessed Renard stops at nothing to help his idol regain his former glory... not even murder. (Sony Pictures)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 16
  3. Negative: 8 out of 16
  1. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not Credited)
    88
    Director Tony Scott's stylistic flourishes haven't been put to such creepily seductive use since The Hunger.
  2. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    50
    Something about baseball seems to bring out the silly side in moviemakers -- even in a movie like The Fan, which starts out well-crafted and deadly serious and seems to have good enough actors and a savvy enough director to stay that way. But halfway through this thriller things go haywire. [16 Aug 1996, p.D]
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  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    30
    The film's elegantly tricky cinematography and ominous, pounding score by Hans Zimmer (provocatively juxtaposed with the Rolling Stones), only underline the emptiness behind its technical flash.

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  1. moviegrabbag
    6
    This isn't a great movie by any stretch but it kept me interested and the story was well paced. Also you get another very solid performance from Robert De Niro and Wesley Snipes does a solid job. The movie also gives a cool perspective on how some fans take things far to serious and the stress players feel under the bright spotlight of professional sports. Overall not a must see but not a bad watch if you catch it on TV.… Expand
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