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Fear

  • 1996
  • R
  • 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
51K
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Mark Wahlberg and Reese Witherspoon in Fear (1996)
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When Nicole met David; handsome, charming, affectionate, he was everything. It seemed perfect, but soon she sees that David has a darker side. And his adoration turns to obsession, their dre... Read allWhen Nicole met David; handsome, charming, affectionate, he was everything. It seemed perfect, but soon she sees that David has a darker side. And his adoration turns to obsession, their dream into a nightmare, and her love into fear.When Nicole met David; handsome, charming, affectionate, he was everything. It seemed perfect, but soon she sees that David has a darker side. And his adoration turns to obsession, their dream into a nightmare, and her love into fear.

  • Director
    • James Foley
  • Writer
    • Christopher Crowe
  • Stars
    • Mark Wahlberg
    • Reese Witherspoon
    • William Petersen
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
    51K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    1,785
    303
    • Director
      • James Foley
    • Writer
      • Christopher Crowe
    • Stars
      • Mark Wahlberg
      • Reese Witherspoon
      • William Petersen
    • 203User reviews
    • 63Critic reviews
    • 51Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations

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    Mark Wahlberg in Fear (1996)
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    Mark Wahlberg and Reese Witherspoon in Fear (1996)
    Mark Wahlberg and Reese Witherspoon in Fear (1996)
    Mark Wahlberg and Reese Witherspoon in Fear (1996)
    Mark Wahlberg and Reese Witherspoon in Fear (1996)
    Mark Wahlberg and Reese Witherspoon in Fear (1996)
    Mark Wahlberg and Reese Witherspoon in Fear (1996)
    Mark Wahlberg and Reese Witherspoon in Fear (1996)
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    Mark Wahlberg
    Mark Wahlberg
    • David McCall
    Reese Witherspoon
    Reese Witherspoon
    • Nicole Walker
    William Petersen
    William Petersen
    • Steve Walker
    Amy Brenneman
    Amy Brenneman
    • Laura Walker
    Alyssa Milano
    Alyssa Milano
    • Margo Masse
    Christopher Gray
    • Toby
    Tracy Fraim
    Tracy Fraim
    • Logan
    Gary Riley
    Gary Riley
    • Hacker
    Jason Kristofer
    Jason Kristofer
    • Terry
    Jed Rees
    Jed Rees
    • Knobby
    Todd Caldecott
    • Gary Rohmer
    Gerry Bean
    Gerry Bean
    • Eddie Clark
    • (as John Oliver)
    David Fredericks
    David Fredericks
    • Larry O'Brien
    Rav Toor
    Rav Toor
    • Counterman
    • (as Ravinder Toor)
    Andrew Airlie
    Andrew Airlie
    • Alex McDowell
    Jo Bates
    Jo Bates
    • Julie Masse
    Will Sengotta
    • Kid at Door
    L. Harvey Gold
    L. Harvey Gold
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    • Director
      • James Foley
    • Writer
      • Christopher Crowe
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Leonardo DiCaprio put in a good word for friend/co-star Mark Wahlberg to director James Foley after working with him on The Basketball Diaries (1995). Foley and Wahlberg spent the day hanging out and discussing the part before Wahlberg was later told by Foley that he really liked him but that he wouldn't be considered for the lead role of David McCall. Wahlberg was subsequently offered to come in to audition for one of David's criminal friends and impressed Foley so much with his audition that Foley told the studio that he would back out of directing the movie if Wahlberg didn't get to play David.
    • Goofs
      The note that Nicole writes, and the notes that David writes, all have the same handwriting. It's evident from this that the same person wrote all these, be it David or Nicole or neither.
    • Quotes

      David McCall: [At the door] It could have all been different, Mr. Walker. You should have allowed nature to take its course. In the end, it will anyway.

      [pause]

      David McCall: SO LET ME IN THE FUCKIN' HOUSE!

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Celtic Pride/Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie/Mrs. Winterbourne/The Substitute/Fear/Sweet Nothing (1996)
    • Soundtracks
      Jessica
      Written by Dickey Betts

      Performed by The Allman Brothers Band

      Courtesy of Polydor Records

      By Arrangement with PolyGram Special Markets

      Unichappell Music, Inc. & F.R. Betts Music Co.

      All Rights Administered by Unichappell Music, Inc. (BMI)

    User reviews203

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    Featured review
    6/10
    Love hurts. Especially when it's Obsessive!
    Over the years I've caught bits and pieces of this film many times on cable and even premium movie channels. Just finally I decided to sit down and watch it all and I must say overall "Fear" is a pretty decent mind thriller. It's theme fits well with teenage love obsession and the stalker crisis. And the cast here is well known it features some of the early work for most of them before they would go on to TV fame(Brenneman, Milano, and Petersen) and movie stardom(Wahlberg and Witherspoon). Set in Seattle, Washington a teenage girl the innocent and pretty Nicole(in one of Reese's earliest roles)lives with her father Steve(William Petersen)and stepmother Laura(Amy Brenneman)and Nicole has a good loving family life yet her parents are to overprotective and she starts to give into the pressure of her peers especially from her best friend the free spirited and sleazy Margo(the hot Alyssa Milano). It's upon their partying and club going that Nicole meets a young and innocent and nice talking young man named David(Mark Wahlberg). Yet appearances and personalities can be deceiving as after David seduces Nicole and she loses her innocence and develops a false trust surely enough David begins a violent obsession with her. Her family sees it and warns her, eventually this leads to drama all concluding with violence and a hostage situation with Nicole's family that was brought on by David and his thug friends. Yet in the end Nicole will grow to learn love is blind as she faces her fear. Pretty decent thriller of the stalker mode with some early performances from what would later be big stars in both TV and film. So give it a watch some late night on cable or premium TV.
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    • blanbrn
    • Jan 29, 2009

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 12, 1996 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official Facebook
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • No Fear
    • Filming locations
      • Mercer Island, Washington, USA
    • Production companies
      • Imagine Entertainment
      • Universal Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $20,831,000
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $6,312,240
      • Apr 14, 1996
    • Gross worldwide
      • $20,831,000
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 37 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • DTS-Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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