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The Fanatic

2019

Fred Durst

John Travolta, Devon Sawa, Ana Golja, James Paxton ...

3.8

538

Thriller Principal photography took place in Alabama on the film starring John Travolta as a rabid movie fan obsessed with his favorite celebrity action hero, Hunter Dunbar, played by Devon Sawa (who is best known among us horror fans as the star of Final Destination and Idle Hands, while others obsess over his appearance in Casper). As Moose’s obsession grows stronger, his fixation turns from stalking to the ambition of destroying the star’s life. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Dennis Harvey Variety	"Razzies, get ready: It's Travolta attempting "I Am Sam" in an ersatz stalker thriller"	NEG
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"An actor who should retire meets a director who never should've started."	NEG
United States	Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post	"Delivering a wacky, at times uncomfortably hammy portrayal of neediness, Travolta is certainly watchable. But “The Fanatic” is hardly a worthy showcase for such a bold piece of acting (...) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Robert Abele The Wrap	"A celebrity-terrorizing scenario that wants to be 'Misery' but only creates misery"	NEG
United Kingdom	Stuart Heritage The Guardian	"You have seen a million films like 'The Fanatic' before. But at the same time it seems very, very unlikely that you have ever seen anything like 'The Fanatic'"	NEG
United States	William Bibbiani Bloody Disgusting	"Travolta gives his best Nicolas Cage performance since 'Face/Off' (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Mike Mazzanti The Film Stage	"If you enjoy hooting at corrosive and inept cinema (...) then you might have found a new subject for fanaticism"	NEG
United States	Vinnie Mancuso Collider	"It might be one of my favorite movie-watching experiences of 2019 simply because I can’t adequately comprehend or explain its existence on this Earth"	NEG

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