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The Fan (1996)

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Average Rating: 5.3/10
Critic Reviews: 5
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 3

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Average Rating: 2.8/5
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Movie Info

Robert De Niro is Gil Renard, baseball fan from hell. Bobby Rayburn (Wesley Snipes) is the player he is nuts about. No sooner does the talented Rayburn sign a huge contract with the San Francisco Giants, than everything in his life goes horribly wrong. Not only does his field play deteriorate along with his batting average, but someone murders his chief team rival. It's not revealing too much to say that Gil killed him, in the mistaken belief that he was doing Bobby a favor. When superfan Gil

R, 1 hr. 56 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense

Phoef Sutton

Dec 9, 1997

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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All Critics (41) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (15) | DVD (4)

An awful but watchable baseball movie until it degenerates into an all-out howler.

January 1, 2000 Comment
USA Today
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A film with lots of great ideas yet none of them come to fruition.

August 1, 2010 Full Review Source: Movie Views | Comment

This slick, extremely gripping thriller is three-quarters an excellent movie that only falls apart during a tense but ultimately ridiculous finale.

October 11, 2005 Comment
Fantastica Daily

Strike three, you're out. A stinker that should have been postponed because of inept filmmaking.

March 18, 2004 Comment
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

More ugly and depressing than haunting or suspenseful.

November 10, 2003 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
eFilmCritic.com

A Home run for the thriller genre.. De Niro, in top form

April 27, 2003 Comment
Moviehole

Mesmerizing film about the soul-killing dimensions of perfectionism.

August 27, 2002 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | Comment
Spirituality and Practice
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Cliche, by-the-numbers, etc etc.

November 28, 2009
DragonEyeMorrison
Tsubaki Sanjuro

Super Reviewer

A fan, I am not.

September 24, 2009
SirPant

Super Reviewer

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