Cape Fear
There is nothing in the dark that isn't there in the light. Except fear.
There is nothing in the dark that isn't there in the light. Except fear.
Crime, Thriller
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1991
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Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? Fourteen years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
128 min
Release date:
15 Nov 1991
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$35,000,000
Revenue:
$182,300,000
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. 5 wins & 21 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
It's hard to understand why Martin Scorsese wanted to remake a nasty, formulaic 1962 thriller whose only "classic" credentials are a terrifying performance by Robert Mitchum and a Bernard Herrmann score.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
24 May 2011
fresh:
Stay away if you're squeamish but, if you do, you'll miss an essential work by one of our masters, as well as two of the year's most accomplished performances, those of Mr. De Niro and Ms. Lewis.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
Though Scorsese doesn't always transcend the pulp in Cape Fear, watching him try allows us to share the exhilaration he experiences behind the camera.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
12 May 2001
fresh:
It's a helluva movie.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
It's a brutal, demonic film with a grip like a vise; it grabs you early, its fingers around your throat, and never lets go.
– Hal Hinson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000