Cape Fear
Universal Pictures | Release Date: November 13, 1991 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
73
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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100
Entertainment WeeklyStaff (not credited)
A hypnotically engrossing thriller that spins along on the dreams and anxieties of its characters. Read full review
90
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Martin Scorsese brings honor back to the remake. He shines up this reprise of the original with original brilliance Read full review
80
VarietyStaff (not credited)
A smart and stylish remake of the 1962 suspenser. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
If this is Scorsese's bid for the commercial big time, then let the cash registers ring. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Impressive moviemaking, showing Scorsese as a master of a traditional Hollywood genre. Read full review
70
Washington PostHal Hinson
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. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineStaff (not credited)
An exercise in audience manipulation, with every frame designed to stagger the senses. Read full review
60
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Even as a simple genre picture it works only in fits and starts. Read full review
60
The New YorkerTerrence Rafferty
The movie keeps insisting that the gruelling experience it's putting us through is really meant to edify us; it drags us into the mud and then tells us that we haven't got dirty. Read full review
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