The Fan (1996)
Genre: Thriller
Duration: 116 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Tony Scott
Stars: Robert De Niro, Wesley Snipes and Benicio Del Toro
IMDb score:
5,9 (53.790)
Releasedate: 15 August 1996
The Fan plot
"All fans have a favorite player. This one has a favorite target."
Famous baseball player Bobby Rayburn is going to play for the San Francisco Giants. The obsessed fan Gil Renard, a knife salesman by trade, is very excited about it. However, when Rayburn has his worst season ever, Renard tries to do everything he can to help him. However, in this he goes very far...
Actors and actresses
Gil Renard
Bobby Rayburn
Jewel Stern
Manny
Juan Primo
Ellen Renard
Tim
Richie Renard
Sean Rayburn
Coop
Reviews & comments
Insignificance
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- 3220 messages
- 5589 votes
About Gil, a true fan and #11. Scott is recovering after the terrible Crimson Tide. Not with a big movie, but one that you quickly link to him. Many a director would turn this into a kind of slow burner, I suppose, Scott mainly gives full throttle through energetic direction in image and sound.
Also no endless chatter between characters, but smooth, a tad rude and to the point. He almost races through his scenes. It's not subtle, far from it, and the scenario sometimes leaves something to be desired, but you do get a targeted film.
A thriller with the motor of an action film, something along those lines. That comes at the expense of De Niro's obsession, threat and that sort of thing, but Scott manages to squeeze out a few scenes that are worth it in the end. Not a nail biter, but certainly not an annoying film either.
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Filmkriebel
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- 10012 messages
- 4678 votes
A somewhat forgotten film by Tony Scott, and one that didn't even disappoint me despite the rather negative reactions. Good idea to tell the film through the eyes of the "bad guy", a man whose life is a battlefield of setbacks. The only thing that keeps him going is his obsession for Bobby Rayburn, a top baseball player. As his social existence declines, he becomes mentally unbalanced and dangerous. Wesley Snipes is played on the sidelines due to Scott's strong focus on De Niro. Didn't mind but then a lesser known actor like Snipes would have been good for this role. Except in the very strong and tense meeting between Renard and Rayburn after the former saves his idol's son from drowning , Snipes was indeed disappointing. De Niro plays a psychopath that is close to his previous performance in Cape Fear, although he was a lot less intense here. Not entirely wrong.
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scorsese
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- 13232 messages
- 11124 votes
Mediocre film about a knife seller who blows the whistle when he is fired. The characters are only poorly developed here and it is often delivered too unbelievable. The film could also easily have been shorter. Robert DeNiro and Wesley Snipes are well cast and both play excellent roles.
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