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Fear (1996) 6.0
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6.0/10 from 22,882 users
Metascore: 51/100
Reviews: 136 user | 43 critic | 16 from Metacritic.com 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. Director:James FoleyWriter:Christopher Crowe |
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On the surface, the Walkers were a picture perfect family. Steve had a great job as an architect and a beautiful house in Seattle overlooking a lake. His new wife, Laura, loved him very much. Toby, her young son, looked up to him like his own father. And Nicole, his 16-year old daughter, meant the world to him. As Steve would be the first to admit, it was almost the perfect life. Until one day when Nicole went to a party at a local rave club with her best friend Margo and met a young man named David. Written by Anonymous
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Together forever. Or else. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for strong graphic violence and terror, sexuality, language and drug use | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
12 April 1996 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
No Fear See more »Box Office
Gross:
$20,754,000 (USA)Company Credits
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2.35 : 1
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Laura Walker: [calling upstairs to Nicole in the shower] Nicole, save some hot water for your father!
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Written by Gavin Rossdale
Performed by Bush
Courtesy of Trauma/Interscope Records
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Trivia
The rollercoaster featured in Fear is called "The Coaster". It is one of the biggest attractions at Playland, in Vancouver, British Columbia. See more »Goofs
When Nicole and Gary talk in the school cafeteria, her hair jumps around several times between shots. See 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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"Machinehead"Written by Gavin Rossdale
Performed by Bush
Courtesy of Trauma/Interscope Records
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"Fear" is a slightly-above average thriller at best, boasting fine performances from Mark Wahlberg, Reese Witherspoon and William Petersen. Nicole Walker is sixteen years-old and living with her businessman father and step-mother and brother in a luxurious, well fortified and secure pad. When reluctantly skipping school one day with her rebellious friends, she spots the hunk David McCall (Mark Wahlberg)
- wearing a tight black sweater to accentuate them pecs, of course,
playing pool with his misfit, drug-addled pals. She later meets him at a rave, and before long, they are dating. David is perfect, it seems. He's strong, caring, sweet and gentle, and Nicole falls in love with him. But it isn't long before David's true colours start to show. And when she ends it with him, he begins to stalk her before eventually, he gets nasty..."Fear" runs smoothly at a nice pace over a very agreeable run-time. Mark Wahlberg is superb as a psychopath, while Reese Witherspoon is believable as a naive and innocent sixteen year-old girl (Considering she was 20 at the time). William Petersen, best known for his career with "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation", is commendable as he gives Dustin Hoffman's heroics in "Straw Dogs" a run for it's money at the end. Overall, this is a decent thriller, albeit nothing special really. It's pretty tense in parts, but Wahlberg's performance was really key to this films success.