Editing Cape Fear (1991 film) (section)

==Reception==

===Box office===
''Cape Fear'' collected $10.5 million during its opening weekend, ranking first at the box office, beating ''[[Curly Sue]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113715892/cape-fear-debuts-at-no-1/ |title='Cape Fear' debuts at No. 1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127155612/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113715892/cape-fear-debuts-at-no-1/ |newspaper=[[The Sacramento Bee]] |page=46 |date=November 19, 1991 |access-date=November 27, 2022 |archive-date=November 27, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> It would be overtaken by ''[[The Addams Family (1991 film)|The Addams Family]]'' a week later, but still made another $10 million while staying ahead of ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Horn |first=John |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113715008/addams-family-scares-up-huge-box/ |title='Addams Family' scares up huge box office |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127153534/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113715008/addams-family-scares-up-huge-box/ |date=November 26, 1991 |access-date=November 27, 2022 |archive-date=November 27, 2022 |page=29 |work=The Associated Press |publisher=[[The Boston Globe]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> The film was a box-office success, making $182,291,969 worldwide<ref>{{cite web |title=Cape Fear (1991) |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=capefear.htm |access-date=2010-01-24 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref> on a $35-million budget.

===Critical response===
On [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an approval rating of 75%, based on 57 reviews, with an average score of 6.8/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "Smart and stylish, ''Cape Fear'' is a gleefully mainstream shocker from Martin Scorsese, with a terrifying Robert De Niro performance."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1037581-cape_fear/ |title=Cape Fear (1991) |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=October 29, 2023}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a weighted average score of 73 out of 100, based on 9 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/cape-fear |title=Cape Fear Reviews |website=Metacritic |access-date=June 11, 2016}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "B+" on a scale of A+ to F.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |url=https://m.cinemascore.com |title=CinemaScore |work=cinemascore.com}}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' gave the film three stars out of 5, commenting:{{blockquote|''Cape Fear'' is impressive moviemaking, showing Scorsese as a master of a traditional Hollywood genre who is able to mold it to his own themes and obsessions. But as I look at this $35 million movie with big stars, special effects and production values, I wonder whether it represents a good omen from the finest director now at work.<ref>{{cite news|date=November 13, 1991|title=''Cape Fear'' |website=RogerEbert.com|url= https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/cape-fear-1991}}</ref>}} In 2015, [[Taste of Cinema]] ranked the film 13th among the "30 Great [[Psychopathy|Psychopath]] Movies That Are Worth Your Time", and [[GamesRadar+]] named Cady one of the "50 Creepiest Movie Psychopaths".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Turer |first=Jason |date=2015-04-09 |title=30 Great Psychopath Movies That Are Worth Your Time |url=https://www.tasteofcinema.com/2015/30-great-psychopath-movies-that-are-worth-your-time/ |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=Taste of Cinema - Movie Reviews and Classic Movie Lists |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=published |first=Joshua Winning |date=2013-03-14 |title=50 Creepiest Movie Psychopaths |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/50-creepiest-movie-psychopaths/ |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=gamesradar |language=en}}</ref>

===Awards and honors===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Subject
! Result
|-
|rowspan=2|[[64th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |title=64th Academy Awards |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1992 |website=oscars.org |date=October 9, 2014 |access-date=28 June 2023}}</ref>
|[[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|[[Robert De Niro]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
|[[Juliette Lewis]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=2|[[49th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Winners and Nominees 1992 |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/1992 |website=goldenglobes.com |access-date=28 June 2023 |archive-date=January 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119120424/https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/1992 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama|Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama]]
|Robert De Niro
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture]]
|Juliette Lewis
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=2|[[46th British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Film in 1993 |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1993/film |website=bafta.org |access-date=27 June 2023}}</ref>
|[[BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
|[[Freddie Francis]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[BAFTA Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]]
|[[Thelma Schoonmaker]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Berlin International Film Festival]]<ref name="Berlinale">{{cite web |title=Berlinale: 1992 Programme |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1992/02_programm_1992/02_Programm_1992.html |access-date=2011-05-22 |work=berlinale.de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050508064411/http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1992/02_programm_1992/02_Programm_1992.html |archive-date=May 8, 2005}}</ref>
|[[Golden Bear|Golden Berlin Bear]]
|[[Martin Scorsese]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Broadcast Music, Inc.|BMI Film Music Awards]]
|
|[[Elmer Bernstein]]
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1991|Chicago Film Critics Association Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |title=1991 - Winners of the 4th Annual Chicago Film Critics Awards |url=https://chicagofilmcritics.org/awards-blog/archives |website=chicagofilmcritics.org |date=January 2013 |access-date=28 June 2023}}</ref>
|[[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
|Martin Scorsese
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
|rowspan=2|Juliette Lewis
|{{nom}}
|-
|Most Promising Actress
|{{won}}
|-
|[[David di Donatello Awards]] 
|Best Foreign Actor
|rowspan=2|Robert De Niro
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Jupiter Award (film award)|Jupiter Awards]]
|Best International Actor
|{{won}}
|-
|Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
|Best Supporting Actress
|rowspan=2|Juliette Lewis
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan=4|[[MTV Movie Awards 1992|MTV Movie Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |title=1992 MTV Movie Awards |url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/1992/ |website=[[MTV]] |access-date=28 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423094751/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/1992/ |archive-date=April 23, 2008}}</ref>
|rowspan=2|[[MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss|Best Kiss]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=3|Robert De Niro
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[MTV Movie Award for Best Performance|Best Male Performance]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[MTV Movie Award for Best Villain|Best Villain]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[National Society of Film Critics Awards 1991|National Society of Film Critics Awards]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fox |first1=David J. |title='Sweet' Takes Honors From Film Critics |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-01-06-ca-1199-story.html |access-date=27 June 2023 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=1992-01-06}}</ref> 
|[[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
|rowspan=2|Juliette Lewis
|{{won|2nd place}}
|-
|rowspan=2|[[New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1991|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Maslin |first1=Janet |title=Film Critics Honor 'Silence of Lambs' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/18/movies/film-critics-honor-silence-of-lambs.html |access-date=27 June 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=December 18, 1991}}</ref> 
|[[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
|{{won|2nd place}}
|-
|[[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematographer|Best Cinematographer]]
|Freddie Francis
|{{won|2nd place}}
|}