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Fear X (2003)
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Reviews Counted:7
Fresh:5
Rotten:2
Average Rating:6.3/10
Theatrical Release:Jan 28, 2005 Limited
Synopsis: Grief-stricken Harry Cain (John Turturro, BARTON FINK) works as a security guard in the Wisconsin mall where his pregnant wife, Kate (Deborah Kara Unger, LOVE SONG FOR BOBBY LONG), was recently... Grief-stricken Harry Cain (John Turturro, BARTON FINK) works as a security guard in the Wisconsin mall where his pregnant wife, Kate (Deborah Kara Unger, LOVE SONG FOR BOBBY LONG), was recently shot to death in an apparently unmotivated crime. By night he meticulously culls hours of the mall's surveillance video in hopes of finding a clue to the mystery of her death; his clue, however, comes in the form of a dream. He follows it as far as Montana, where he stumbles upon an unsuspected conspiracy and the slowly emerging realization that there was much in Kate's life of which he was unaware. A successful blend of existential themes and the tropes of the thriller, this oneiric film evokes David Lynch in its haunting abstractions, augmented by a sparse, eerie score from Brian Eno. [More]
Starring: John Turturro, Deborah Unger, James Remar, Jacqueline Ramel
Starring: John Turturro, Deborah Unger, James Remar, Jacqueline Ramel, Stephen McIntyre, William Allen Young
Director: Nicholas Winding Refn
Director: Nicholas Winding Refn
Screenwriter: Hubert Selby, Jr., Nicholas Winding Refn
Producer: Henrik Danstrup
Studio: Silver Nitrate Films
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Reviews for Fear X
Fortunately, Turturro's subtle turn keeps our emotional connection solid even when the story skates on thin ice.
The story, in the end, is less than satisfying and, unfortunately, doesn't match the movie's eerie style.
With an elliptical style and open-ended interpretations, it is definitely not for those who like their mysteries spelled out and tied up neatly.
Grimly austere barely begins to describe the atmosphere of dread that seeps through Fear X like a toxic mist.
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