Cape Fear

Name: Cape Fear
Genre: Thriller, Horror, Crime
Released: November 13, 1991
Duration: 128 min
Rating: 73
Cast: Jessica Lange, Nick Nolte, Robert De Niro

1991

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CAPE FEAR

Movie Details & Credits

Universal Pictures | Release Date: November 13, 1991

Starring: Jessica Lange, Nick Nolte, Robert De Niro

Summary: Martin Scorsese's 1991 remake of J. Lee Thompson's 1962 thriller. (Universal/Amblin)

Director: Martin Scorsese

Genre(s): Thriller, Horror, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 128 min

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Entertainment Weekly - Staff (not credited)

A hypnotically engrossing thriller that spins along on the dreams and anxieties of its characters. Read full review

Washington Post - Desson Thomson

Martin Scorsese brings honor back to the remake. He shines up this reprise of the original with original brilliance Read full review

Variety - Staff (not credited)

A smart and stylish remake of the 1962 suspenser. Read full review

Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert

Impressive moviemaking, showing Scorsese as a master of a traditional Hollywood genre. Read full review

Washington Post - Hal Hinson

It's a brutal, demonic film with a grip like a vise; it grabs you early, its fingers around your throat, and never lets go. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine - Staff (not credited)

An exercise in audience manipulation, with every frame designed to stagger the senses. Read full review

The New Yorker - Terrence Rafferty

The movie keeps insisting that the gruelling experience it's putting us through is really meant to edify us; it drags us into the mud and then tells us that we haven't got dirty. Read full review

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JackTbug

Jun 23, 2016

Cape fear is universal's underrated movie released in 1991, max cady is released to have his own revenge on sam and his family, max cady is a murderous psychopath to bowden family, watch cape fear 1991.

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heeldavid

May 8, 2014

Martin Scorsese's remake of Cape Fear is one of the best. De Niro has played gangsters and boxers, but don't worry he is a genius as a psycopath, Nick Nolte, Julliete Lewis and Jessica Lange put on great performances too.

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timone

Aug 22, 2018

From the director of Goodfellas and Casino, it is now the time for me to review a underrated film that I absolutely love and that is without further a do Cape Fear. I am such a big fan of that film, I can watch for hours and hours and hours and not get bored at all. Now um (chuckles) I gottaFrom the director of Goodfellas and Casino, it is now the time for me to review a underrated film that I absolutely love and that is without further a do Cape Fear. I am such a big fan of that film, I can watch for hours and hours and hours and not get bored at all. Now um (chuckles) I gotta warn ya that girl that woman played reminds of Emily Robinson from college and................. the only thing I don't like about it is that Robert DeNiro bites the woman's cheek off cause that really freaked me out. And also there's a scene that really made me laugh that Robert DeNiro is singing in tongues. So yeah, that's it.… Expand

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beingryanjude

Aug 31, 2014

Leave it to Martin Scorsese to create one of the few remakes to surpass its original film. Robert DeNiro is dynamite alongside Jessica Lange and Juliette Lewis.

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imthenoob

Oct 11, 2016

Enjoyable movie that really benefits from the absolutely amazing performance of De Niro. Not to say that the rest of the cast wasn't enjoyable, They were, but he was the one that carried the movie and made it bare-able to watch.

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ERG1008

Aug 24, 2010

Martin Scorsese's remake of the 1962 classic.
Man leaves prison after 14 years & comes back to harass the lawyer who put him away & his family.
De Niro plays a sort of camp Harvey Keitel but is still pretty scary. Personally I preferred Robert Mitchum in the original. The main thing that isMartin Scorsese's remake of the 1962 classic.
Man leaves prison after 14 years & comes back to harass the lawyer who put him away & his family.
De Niro plays a sort of camp Harvey Keitel but is still pretty scary. Personally I preferred Robert Mitchum in the original.
The main thing that is better than the original are the women, especially a young Juliette Lewis as Danielle.
Nice to see three of the original cast in there but does get a bit silly towards the end.… Expand

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BurnsWEM

Nov 12, 2014

Robert De Niro was the only good actor in this film and his performance really wasn't that great especially compared to his other roles such as Taxi Driver, The Godfather Part 2, and Goodfellas. I don't really understand why he was nominated for the academy award for this movie. The plotRobert De Niro was the only good actor in this film and his performance really wasn't that great especially compared to his other roles such as Taxi Driver, The Godfather Part 2, and Goodfellas. I don't really understand why he was nominated for the academy award for this movie. The plot is extremely good but the writer didn't make it as good as it could have been. I went into this movie with high expectations and it wasn't even close to what I thought it was going to be. Not a bad watch for De Niro fans but this movie isn't that special.… Expand

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