@LATE_SHOW_LURKER2026-01-24 16:00 UTC
If Cape Fear was a meal, it'd be unsalted rice with extra ego.
1991 · Crime / Drama / Thriller
Cape Fear
BURN INDEX · PLATFORM AVG
LOCKED27%
COMMUNITY LEDGER · 0 ROASTS REGISTERED
SALT SHAKER · PLATFORM AVG
LOCKED33%
COMMUNITY LEDGER · 0 SALT SHAKES LOGGED
TOTAL LEDGER ENTRIES FOR THIS TITLE · 0 · LIVE
LUKEWARM · INOFFENSIVE
ICE COLD · 0–20%
Masterfully crafted. Un-roastable.
CERTIFIED COOKED · 71–100%
An absolute cinematic disaster.
No synopsis available. Probably for the best.
— THE CRITIC'S ROAST
💀 APPLYING THIRD-DEGREE BURNS…
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— THE DOSSIER
RELEASE DATE
1991
RUNTIME
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GENRE
Crime / Drama / Thriller
PLOT SUMMARY
Synopsis withheld out of mercy.
STARRING CAST
Cast information unavailable.
— SUBMIT A ROAST
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@TRAILER_TROLL2026-01-12 09:00 UTC
Watched Cape Fear so you don't have to. You're welcome.
@AISLE_GHOUL2026-01-06 00:00 UTC
If whispered monologues were currency, Cape Fear would settle the national debt.
@POPCORN_CRITIC2026-01-02 14:00 UTC
Cape Fear confuses "subtle" with "the cast forgot to act".
— FROM THE WILD
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r/flicks · u/MidnightMatinee🔥 4.1k points
Unpopular opinion: Cape Fear is the most overrated film of the decade
Just got out of Cape Fear and I'm convinced critics are being paid in residuals. Two genuinely good scenes do not make a film. Convince me otherwise.
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r/criticalkino · u/BoomMicBoomer🔥 0.7k points
The cinematography in Cape Fear is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows
Honestly, Cape Fear would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.
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r/criticalkino · u/PracticalFX_Stan🔥 3.0k points
Hot Take: Cape Fear's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece
Director clearly thought Cape Fear was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.
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