Review of Cape Fear (1991) by Rob Gonsalves for eFilmCritic.com — 01 Jan 2000

Effective but ugly and headache-inducing.

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This review of Cape Fear (1991) was written by Rob Gonsalves and published by eFilmCritic.com on 01 Jan 2000.

Cape Fear has generally received very positive reviews.

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