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Fear
1996
· Movie
· 97 min
D
MEANRANK
57/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #4379
- IMDb #3961
- Rotten Tomatoes #3428
- Metacritic #3961
- Letterboxd #3740
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3967
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3132
- Metacritic Critics #3365
- Metacritic Audience #4463
- Douban #2270
- Kinopoisk #2250
- AlloCiné #4112
- Trakt #3567
Every rating
41–71
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 41, highest is Kinopoisk on 71.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A teenage girl meets a charming and exciting older man who seems to be the perfect boyfriend. He quickly integrates himself into her family's life, but his affection soon turns into a dangerous and violent obsession. When she tries to end the relationship, his behavior escalates into a terrifying campaign of stalking, manipulation, and intimidation, threatening her and her entire family and forcing her father to take extreme measures to protect them.
Details
- Director
- James Foley
- Writer
- Christopher Crowe
- Released
- 12 April 1996
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Rated
- R
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