[Mulligan] reflects an intense sensitivity, a romanticism of vulnerability and innocence that flashes a political edge.

| Apr 5, 2019

Fear holds up well, and the climactic showdown between father and son offers a tremendously appealing resolution.

| Original Score: A- | Mar 4, 2011

Fear Strikes Out rolls Frank Merriwell and Sigmund Freud into a ball and then lines it out for a solid hit.

| Mar 4, 2011

Anthony Perkins, in the young Piersall role, delivers a remarkably sustained performance of a sensitive young man, pushed too fast to the limits of his ability to cope with life's pressures.

| Mar 26, 2009

Mr. Perkins plays the young fellow excellently, not only conveying the gathering torment but also actually looking like a ballplayer on the field.

| Mar 25, 2006

It's a little poky and tentative, but a promising start by the Pakula-Mulligan team.

| Jan 26, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 13, 2003

Absorbing, but rather clinical, in the rubber-gloves style of 50s television drama.

| Jan 1, 2000