Average Rating: 4.8/10
Reviews Counted: 11
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 6
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Release Date: May 15, 1981 Wide
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Lauren Bacall more or less plays herself in The Fan. Cast as famous Broadway musical comedy star Sally Ross (with an astonishing lack of temperament!), Bacall finds herself the unwilling love object of psychotic fan Douglas Breen (Michael Biehn). As security around Ross tightens, Breen vows that if he can't have Ross, no one else can. James Garner and Maureen Stapleton are underused as, respectively, Bacall's ex-husband and mother-hen secretary. Based on a good novel by Bob Randall, The Fan
R, 1 hr. 35 min.
May 15, 1981 Wide
Sep 24, 2002
Paramount Home Video
All Critics (13) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (6)
An unsettling thriller about a celebrity stalker that only falters at the end. Good work by Bacall and especially Biehn.
Creepy Michael Biehn is memorable.
Those looking for a tight thriller will be bored; those looking for effective horror will be annoyed.
1981 "the fan" is a self-recycling tale of lauren bacall's past stardom, a self-referential parody since it is convinient to barrow her young glamour shots in the flick. bacall is sally ross, the aging super star who decides to head broadway while she suffers from the melancholy after divorce despite her ex is still
March 2, 2008Super Reviewer
read the book instead
March 29, 2007
Super Reviewer
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