Tony Scott's energetic direction is the outstanding element of The Fan. The guy just makes this otherwise standard fare really pop.

| May 2, 2020

What's disingenuous about Scott's movie is that it pretends to have something to say about an all-too-familiar syndrome.

| Feb 27, 2018

Scott, as ever, drowns the still, sad music of humanity in an oratorio of style. The screeching soundtrack never relents and the heavily top-lit images, sometimes using garish tints and slow motion, flash at us with all the feeling of a rock video.

| Nov 22, 2017

...a lesser entry within Scott's exceedingly erratic filmography.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 4, 2016

A roughly-assembled, mean movie: flashes of solid genre filmmaking keep it from being a wash, but it's really not much fun at all.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Jul 27, 2013

A film with lots of great ideas yet none of them come to fruition.

| Aug 1, 2010

This slick, extremely gripping thriller is three-quarters an excellent movie that only falls apart during a tense but ultimately ridiculous finale.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 11, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 1, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Jul 6, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 9, 2004

Strike three, you're out. A stinker that should have been postponed because of inept filmmaking.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Mar 18, 2004

More ugly and depressing than haunting or suspenseful.

| Original Score: F | Nov 10, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 10, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 3/10 | Sep 16, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 14, 2003

A Home run for the thriller genre.. De Niro, in top form

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 27, 2003

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 16, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 14, 2003

Mesmerizing film about the soul-killing dimensions of perfectionism.

| Aug 27, 2002

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 1, 2002