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Fear X
2003
Suspense/Thriller
1h 31m
When his wife is killed in a seemingly random incident Harry (Turturro), prompted by mysterious visions, journeys to discover the true circumstances surrounding her murder. (imdb)
Directed by:
Nicolas Winding RefnFear X
2003
Suspense/Thriller
1h 31m
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Rated 28 Jan 2010
61
40th
It's not that this is a particularly bad movie, it's just that there isn't a whole lot of it. I really enjoyed the first hour, but the slooow buildup of tension doesn't really go anywhere and once the credits roll it's soon forgotten. A shame, because this definitely had a nice David Lynch atmosphere going and I was hoping for it to explore some interesting concepts.
Rated 28 Jan 2010
Rated 22 Apr 2007
80
79th
Albeit it's not a perfect movie, its torturing and thrilling atmosphere is worth sitting through. A mystery movie in every sense.
Rated 22 Apr 2007
Rated 20 May 2019
69
50th
I liked the film's constant state of dread, of understatement, of a fear of the unknown and of a truth always just out of reach. If you see it as a meditation, (with a logic of nomadic introspection), there's a lot to appreciate.
Rated 20 May 2019
Rated 06 Dec 2017
81
36th
I can see where this would turn some people off. I had to read an article after watching it to fully understand everything, and I do actually appreciate some things in this movie. I always liked Refn as a director and this was a small showcase for what he was to become later. It's slow, quiet pacing and visuals make it seem truly haunting and dreadful. The end is a bit of a downer, but I personally liked the movie as a whole. Not for everyone. I still liked it.
Rated 06 Dec 2017
Rated 02 Feb 2007
70
52nd
While I love the mood the film creates at the end I felt robbed. I felt that there should've been more. While I certainly appreciate open ended movies I thought that this simply didn't give enough for one to even make up their own ending. Sad to have the film leave a disappointing (not bad) taste in the mouth because up to the final 15 minutes or so it's quite, quite good.
Rated 02 Feb 2007
Rated 16 Feb 2018
80
89th
I liked this small mystery film a lot. John Turturro is great, the score is great, the whole atmosphere just drew me in.
Rated 16 Feb 2018
Rated 27 Sep 2015
55
53rd
Between Harry Caul, Fred Madison and Barton Fink, the protagonist searches videotape for facts and theories, as does the audience, unsure on what level to look: conspiratorial, psychological or metaphysical, or some combination of the three. Or are we being taught a frustrating lesson about the elusiveness of understanding? Perhaps there is a little more explanation possible here than the director himself has suggested, but the final scene before the credits seems misjudged and underwhelming.
Rated 27 Sep 2015
Rated 18 May 2015
51
24th
It smells of Lynch. Then it tries to get under your skin still all Lynch-like and eventually when the itch is there, when Turturro starts to shine in his role of managing the pace and the movie starts going places the efforts stop. Why? Who cares. It felt that characters were to scared to talk some sense to one another and the story did not allow any to be made anyway. For future reference: random scenes, dark colours and the lack of an ending do not create suspense, continuity does.
Rated 18 May 2015
Rated 31 Aug 2014
80
76th
I can't believe this wasn't made in the 90's.
Rated 31 Aug 2014
Rated 05 Oct 2012
50
19th
Refn tries to be David Lynch. And it's a shame that he doesn't seem to realize he is an awesome director in his own right.
Rated 05 Oct 2012
Rated 15 Jun 2012
80
49th
Slow moving thriller with lots of suspense build up and a let down for an ending. Shot in Toronto.
Rated 15 Jun 2012
Rated 04 Feb 2012
75
8th
Not perfect, but underrated Lynch-ian thriller by Refn.
Rated 04 Feb 2012
Rated 27 Nov 2009
65
59th
A modernist piece about a man searching for something that may, may not be there. In the end it opts for Lynch weirdness, which sadly only helps to establish the fact, that there's only one Lynch out there. It does have a great atmosphere, and a very mesmerizing beginning.
Rated 27 Nov 2009
Rated 13 Nov 2009
75
57th
The plot (from Hubert Selby, no less) is pure gibberish. But taut--indeed, hypnotic--direction and writing. And a wonderful movie to look at. Stupendously lurid interiors and glistening landscapes (the DP is a true genius bro). The look of it reminded me in places of The Shining. Turturro as always is fun--like Buscemi, he somehow combines goofy and menacing. And the music by Eno is also cool.
Rated 13 Nov 2009
Rated 03 Jan 2009
60
50th
Atmospheric. The ending, however, lets the movie down and one can't shake the feeling that Refn wanted to be David Lynch. And, obviously, he isn't. Meditation is key, Nicolas.
Rated 03 Jan 2009
Rated 22 Oct 2023
82
80th
(rwtch) A clearly important film in Refn's filmography and an obvious stylistic precursor to Valhalla Rising and Only God Forgives. Filmed very well-those dreamlike elevator scenes were top-notch, and the blood montage was visually and sonically arresting. The soundtrack is brilliant, and the use of I guess you would call them "sound effects" is quite horrifying. But, this kind of left me a bit unsatisfied, it is a good film but doesn't satisfy a certain hunger when it comes to paranoia films.
Rated 22 Oct 2023
Rated 30 Nov 2019
65
42nd
Larry Smith steals the show with the deep blood-red colors of the hotel, but the rest of it isn't so bad either.
Rated 30 Nov 2019
Rated 09 Jan 2017
55
31st
Nice atmosphere, but the last third of the film doesn't go anywhere. Harry's journey doesn't amount to much. Like a bad ending to a ok beginning, it just lays there wallowing in its own mess.
Rated 09 Jan 2017
Rated 05 Apr 2013
40
7th
Dear Nicolas Refn! Why the house across the street? !Plot holes all over. A big ones. No no, this kind of Refn I do not like.
Rated 05 Apr 2013
Rated 12 Jun 2012
40
15th
saw it superbored with it. maybe a rewatch sometime sine its very soon 10 years since i saw it
Rated 12 Jun 2012
Rated 19 Nov 2010
20
41st
"Nicolas Winding Refn evokes grief as a Lynchian put-on." - Ed Gonzalez
Rated 19 Nov 2010
Rated 14 Jun 2008
24
21st
Refn's first real attempt at the vaguely Lynch/Kubrick-style atmospherics that would come to define his later, more "mature" work. Unfortunately he really, really hadn't figured out how to pull it off properly yet at this stage.
Rated 14 Jun 2008
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