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Fear

1996 · 97 min · Director: James Foley ★ IMDb 6.3 · 64,686 ratings

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Nicole walker is the average 16 year old girl; wants to have fun, and dreams of her Prince Charming. When she and her best friend Margot appear at a party, she meets older bad boy David. Everything seems to be going so well and Nicole and David become a couple. Nicole's family like David and she decides she loves him enough to give herself to him one night after a date. However, as soon as they became official, David has become a possessive and jealous boyfriend. He even beats up one of Nicole's close male friends when he is seen giving her a hug at the end of school. After this dark event Nicole never wants to see David again but he tries his hardest to make sure Nicole will take him back. Soon enough she forgives him and things seem to be going well again until a sick situation involving Nicole's best friend Margot turns to her and David breaking up again. This time David is not taking any chances with not being with Nicole so him and his friends go into her family home and attempt to take Nicole. Will David get Nicole or will she and her family hold back and get rid of David's sick craving for Nicole?

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Fear (1996) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 30%, Fear 25%, Tension 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

25%Fear
  1. Fear25%
  2. Love15%
  3. Relief10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Anxiety, Fear, Tension. Genres: Thriller, Drama. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Anxiety, Fear and Tension. Its IMDb rating of 6.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 65/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Disturbing
  • Fear

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Tension
Disturbing
Fear
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 13 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionDisturbingFear
2.5 %≈ 2′Love21 %13 %8 %0 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Not enough subtitle evidence22 %15 %6 %4 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Tension30 %20 %5 %10 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Love38 %22 %6 %8 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Love38 %21 %7 %3 %
27.5 %≈ 27′Love36 %15 %3 %1 %
32.5 %≈ 32′Love42 %21 %9 %7 %
37.5 %≈ 36′Love51 %40 %29 %20 %
42.5 %≈ 41′Tension57 %52 %46 %28 %
47.5 %≈ 46′Disturbing62 %58 %53 %32 %
52.5 %≈ 51′Tension65 %61 %53 %34 %
57.5 %≈ 56′Disturbing62 %49 %44 %25 %
62.5 %≈ 61′Sadness62 %42 %40 %23 %
67.5 %≈ 65′Disturbing71 %58 %56 %44 %
72.5 %≈ 70′Tension77 %72 %70 %60 %
77.5 %≈ 75′Disturbing83 %78 %72 %70 %
82.5 %≈ 80′Tension89 %87 %74 %81 %
87.5 %≈ 85′Tension93 %92 %78 %87 %
92.5 %≈ 90′Tension94 %93 %84 %88 %
97.5 %≈ 95′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence

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Cast

Reese Witherspoon

Nicole Walker

WP
William Petersen

William L. Petersen

Steve Walker

Alyssa Milano

Margo Masse

Amy Brenneman

Laura Walker

TF
Tracy Fraim

Logan

JK
Jason Kristofer

Terry

Jed Rees

Knobby

GR
Gary Riley

Hacker

TC
Todd Caldecott

Gary Rohmer

DF
David Fredericks

Larry O'Brien

CG
Christopher Gray

Toby

GB
Gerry Bean

Eddie Clark

RT
Ravinder Toor

Counterman

Andrew Airlie

Alex McDowell

JB
Jo Bates

Julie Masse

WS
Will Sengotta

Kid at Door

LH
L. Harvey Gold

Peterman

B
Banner

Kaiser

Details

Directed by
James Foley
Written by
Christopher Crowe, Christopher Crowe
Type
Movies
Released
1996
Runtime
97 min
Country
United States, Canada
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.3 · 64,686 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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