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Fear




So this was Astrid's pick for out movie night and for some reason we each roped out significant others in to watch it with us. So a 3 person movie night became a 6 person movie night. Of all the films to see with everyone, it had to be these 90's Teen Thriller, Fear. My wife had never heard of it, but laughed throughout. Her laughter mostly was caused by Marky Mark's bad kissing habits. He tends two go for any feature on the face other than the lips. Throwing in that 90's grunge music and bad fashion sense and you'll have a great time revisiting Fear today.

Marky Mark's first leading film and we get to see his third nipple. His accent is peaking through and he has his usual soft tone voice that makes me strain to hear his words. His good boy looks can only go so far and William Petersen isn't having any of it. The over protective father sees right through his BS, but looking at these two guys, who is going to win in a fight?

A 20 something Reese Witherspoon is the object of Marky Marks affection. Mark Mark is genuinely crazy, but he thinks he's in love with her. I try not to question a crazy person's motives, but his lust for her to be together "4 eva" becomes a little confusing when he rapes her best friend in the film. Then the movie decides to have Witherspoon blame her friend. What??? She even says that she was raped by him and she's crying, begging for her only friend not to turn her back on her...but Reese Witherspoon doesn't want anything to do with her. Who's the real crappy friend here? She witnesses the Marky Mark grab her friend's hair, threaten her and grab her ass as he throws her over his shoulders. We all know what's going to happen, but Witherspoon is perfectly fine leaving the house and her friend. So not only do you not help your friend from being raped, but you shun her afterwards? It's not until your lives are literally in danger do you somewhat reconcile? Boo-urns.

The crazy stalker boyfriend genre soon turns into a home invasion film for the climax. Nothing too gruesome, other than a severed dog head poking through the doggy door. Fear is a film for teenage girls wanting a thrilling scare. A few of my female friends have seen this film dozens of times and I'm not surprised that my "sheltered" wife never saw it.