The Fan
User Score
5.7 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6

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  1. moviegrabbag
    Jul 8, 2011
    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.… Collapse
  2. NicoDaFlagburna
    Jan 30, 2011
    5
    Simply put this film is over dramatised and lacking any effective voice. Its violence is weak and chereographed and there is nothing but a slight glow of the city to warm to. In a way you shouldn't expect much from Hollywood productions but this film is lost in its own mise-en-scene and there is no one better at exposing this than Robert De Niro. 45/100

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Metascore
32 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 16 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 16
  3. Negative: 8 out of 16
  1. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marc Savlov
    40
    Hollow, predictable, and too glitzy for its own good, The Fan never even makes it to first base.
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  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kenneth Turan
    10
    Even in thriller terms, nothing rings remotely true here, with even the baseball action--including a game that is not called despite enough rain to unnerve Noah--laced with a heavy dose of preposterousness.
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  3. ReelViews
    Reviewed by: James Berardinelli
    25
    Aside from Snipes' well-tuned performance and a few clever scenes detailing superstar marketing, this picture is a veritable wasteland. Even watching the horror show that the real Giants have become during the 1996 season is more fun than this. The advertising slogan may be "fear strikes soon", but, when it comes to The Fan, fear, like the movie, strikes out.
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