The Fan
1981, Mystery & thriller, 1h 35m
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Sally Ross
Douglas Breen
Jake Berman
Belle Goldman
Police Inspector Raphael Andrews
Emily Stolz
Critic Reviews for The Fan
All Critics (16) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (10)
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What started out as a taut thriller has somehow evolved into unintentional burlesque, with killer and victim functioning as a second-rate comedy team.
December 21, 2015 | Full Review… -
Regardless of which way you want to look at it, though, this film is queer. A young man stalking an older star who is past her prime?...Throw in a...musical, replete with glittering, sequined costumes and go-go boys and you have a stock recipe for camp
February 22, 2020 | Full Review… -
Many of the risible moments come courtesy of the scenes in which stage star Sally Ross (Bacall) is preparing for a new musical -- the glimpses we see of the kitschy show designate it as the unholy lovechild between 1980's Xanadu and 1983's Staying Alive.
November 30, 2019 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review… -
As Douglas closes in on his Broadway prey, The Fan ramps up the horror movie tropes just as it ramps up the Broadway schmaltz of the finished show.
August 31, 2018 | Full Review… -
Chilling but unrealistic stalker film.
April 29, 2015 | Rating: C+ | Full Review… -
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January 25, 2007 | Rating: 2/5
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What started out as a taut thriller has somehow evolved into unintentional burlesque, with killer and victim functioning as a second-rate comedy team.
December 21, 2015 | Full Review… -
Regardless of which way you want to look at it, though, this film is queer. A young man stalking an older star who is past her prime?...Throw in a...musical, replete with glittering, sequined costumes and go-go boys and you have a stock recipe for camp
February 22, 2020 | Full Review… -
Many of the risible moments come courtesy of the scenes in which stage star Sally Ross (Bacall) is preparing for a new musical -- the glimpses we see of the kitschy show designate it as the unholy lovechild between 1980's Xanadu and 1983's Staying Alive.
November 30, 2019 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review… -
As Douglas closes in on his Broadway prey, The Fan ramps up the horror movie tropes just as it ramps up the Broadway schmaltz of the finished show.
August 31, 2018 | Full Review… -
Chilling but unrealistic stalker film.
April 29, 2015 | Rating: C+ | Full Review… -
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January 25, 2007 | Rating: 2/5
Audience Reviews for The Fan
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Mar 02, 20081981 "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 escorting her. on the other hand, her number one fanatic fan douglas is running amok becuz the grand sally ross never has time or care to read or reply one goddamned word to him. he blames sally ross' assistant for intercepting his letters, so he teaches her a lesson by disfiguring her. solitude in reclusion and continuous refusals trigger off his insanity, so douglas makes up his mind to go for the extreme to get what he wants most: a responded letter from sally ross. the flick is corny, and it centers on trivia around bacall more than the lunatic state of the fan. it is partially a melodrama of bacall's november romance featuring her relationship with men, her struggling career and her dazzling musical, occasionally boasted with a cheesy sense of horror which populates in 70s and 80s slasher flick. it is amazing that bacall still remains a touch of class and a tint of hipster glamour in 1981, but wouln't it be absurd that all sally ross has to do is raising her precious hands to type a letter to stop this dreadful madness but she's not even courageous enough to do so? but she has guts enough to stick a knife in him at the end? typical star with imperious conceits and insoulciant insolence, who takes admiration for granted.Veronique K Super Reviewer
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Mar 29, 2007read the book insteadjay n Super Reviewer
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