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Fear X (2003)

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Reviews Counted:32

Fresh:18

Rotten:14

Average Rating:5.8/10

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for intense thematic material

Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins

Genre: Dramas

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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Slick thriller.

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12/31/08
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

A Middle American psychological crime thriller agreat portion of which plays out none too rationally inside its protagonist's head.

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03/23/07
Prairie Miller
Prairie Miller
Long Island Press

What happens afterwards, in Refn and the late Hubert Selby, Jr.'s can't-resist-obscurity-and-ambiguity screenplay will disappoint most filmgoers.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
03/01/07
Bruce Feld
Bruce Feld
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04/01/06
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01/26/06
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12/06/05
Film Threat
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Frustratingly opaque by design, Fear X offers viewers insufficient fear and excessive "X."

Full Review Source: All Movie Guide | comment Comment
08/04/05
Josh Ralske
Josh Ralske
All Movie Guide

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02/06/05
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

Imagine an hour of birds flying backwards and rooms with red curtains, and there’s the rest of your movie.

Full Review Source: FilmStew.com | comment Comment
02/03/05
Larry Carroll
Larry Carroll
FilmStew.com
N/R

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02/02/05
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It's a fundamentally Scandinavian movie, a hyperintense meditation on death and destiny set amid a bleak wintry landscape and played out by the emotionally devastated.

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02/02/05
Rob Vaux
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium

As the film builds, director Refn skillfully allows Harry to get both closer and farther away form his goal, like an optical illusion.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
02/01/05
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Turturro's clammy, lumpen Cain is a profoundly disagreeable guide down the rabbit hole of hallucinatory paranoia.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
01/28/05
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

This X doesn't mark the spot.

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01/28/05
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A pretentious, unsatisfying and ultra-slow-moving thriller.

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01/28/05
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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Fortunately, Turturro's subtle turn keeps our emotional connection solid even when the story skates on thin ice.

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01/28/05
Elizabeth Weitzman
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News
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The story, in the end, is less than satisfying and, unfortunately, doesn't match the movie's eerie style.

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01/28/05
John McMurtrie
John McMurtrie
San Francisco Chronicle
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Fear X, like an impressionistic painting, is evocative in original ways.

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01/27/05
Brent Simon
Brent Simon
Now Playing Magazine

With an elliptical style and open-ended interpretations, it is definitely not for those who like their mysteries spelled out and tied up neatly.

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01/27/05
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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Grimly austere barely begins to describe the atmosphere of dread that seeps through Fear X like a toxic mist.

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01/27/05
Stephen Holden
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