Fear X (2003)
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Reviews Counted:32
Fresh:18
Rotten:14
Average Rating:5.8/10
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... [More]
Starring: John Turturro, Deborah Unger, James Remar, Jacqueline Ramel
Director: Nicholas Winding Refn
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Reviews for Fear X
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A Middle American psychological crime thriller agreat portion of which plays out none too rationally inside its protagonist's head. Full Review |
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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 |
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3/5 |
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2.5/5 |
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4/10 |
Frustratingly opaque by design, Fear X offers viewers insufficient fear and excessive "X." Full Review |
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3/4 |
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Imagine an hour of birds flying backwards and rooms with red curtains, and there’s the rest of your movie. Full Review |
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B |
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. Full Review |
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3/4 |
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 |
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2/5 |
Turturro's clammy, lumpen Cain is a profoundly disagreeable guide down the rabbit hole of hallucinatory paranoia. Full Review |
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C- |
This X doesn't mark the spot. Full Review |
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1.5/4 |
A pretentious, unsatisfying and ultra-slow-moving thriller. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
Fortunately, Turturro's subtle turn keeps our emotional connection solid even when the story skates on thin ice. Full Review |
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2/4 |
The story, in the end, is less than satisfying and, unfortunately, doesn't match the movie's eerie style. Full Review |
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B |
Fear X, like an impressionistic painting, is evocative in original ways. Full Review |
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4/5 |
With an elliptical style and open-ended interpretations, it is definitely not for those who like their mysteries spelled out and tied up neatly. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Grimly austere barely begins to describe the atmosphere of dread that seeps through Fear X like a toxic mist. Full Review |
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