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Overview

User Rating:
5.9/10   12,754 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Christopher Crowe (written by)
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Release Date:
12 April 1996 (USA) more
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Tagline:
With boyfriends like this, who needs enemies? Not you. more
Plot:
A 16 year old girl takes up with a charming young man who quickly shows his colors when he beats a friend simply for walking with her and then goes totally ballistic after she tries to break up with him. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
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(13 articles)
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Cast

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Mark Wahlberg ... David McCall

Reese Witherspoon ... Nicole Walker

William Petersen ... Steve Walker

Amy Brenneman ... Laura Walker

Alyssa Milano ... Margo Masse
Christopher Gray ... Toby

Tracy Fraim ... Logan
Gary Riley ... Hacker

Jason Kristofer ... Terry

Jed Rees ... Knobby
Todd Caldecott ... Gary Rohmer
John Oliver ... Eddie Clark
David Fredericks ... Larry O'Brien
Ravinder Toor ... Counterman

Andrew Airlie ... Alex McDowell
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
No Fear
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong graphic violence and terror, sexuality, language and drug use.
Runtime:
97 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
During the scene where William Petersen (Mr.Walker) is ransacking the house that Mark Wahlberg (David) lives in, "Chucky" from the Child Play movies can be seen briefly on the mantle in his room. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Steve Walker is on the phone in his office. In one frame he is holding the phone in his left hand. In the next frame he is cradling it with his shoulder, then reaches up with his left hand to hang it up. It is also momentarily a cordless model. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Laura Walker: [calling upstairs to Nicole in the shower] Nicole, save some hot water for your father!
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Something's Always Wrong more

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19 out of 23 people found the following comment useful.
Works Quite Well, 16 October 1999
Author: Deniro68 from United States

Movie like this either reach out and pull you in or they don't. Fear pulled me in. I rented this movie about a week after Halloween of 1996 and put it in my VCR not sure what to expect. 2 hours later I ejected the movie from the VCR feeling somewhat dazed and overwhelmed. Fear isn't a classic. But it works well. It is scary, violent gory and well made. The reason it works so well is because it was made by people who knew what they were doing. The whole stalker style of movies is full of uninspired trash that sounds like it was made for the USA network.

Fear stands heads and shoulders above that (And to some extent above the original Fatal Attraction). It's not afraid to push, to pull us inside, to scare us and give us a good conclusion at the end, one that movies of this type always mess up.

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