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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 75%, based on 76 reviews, with an average of rated reviews of 7.1/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Elevated by Javier Bardem's manic charisma and the genre's best pulpy intricacies, Cape Fear revitalizes the revenge thriller and manages to make a noteworthy name for itself." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 68 out of 100 based on 30 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.
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60 of 286 · most liked firstGot the full Cape Fear series.
neutral · AI labelView post →New posters for CAPE FEAR. Javier Bardem, Amy Adams, and Patrick Wilson star. The 10-episode series will make its global debut June 5 with a two-episode premiere on Apple TV, followed by new episodes every Friday. Produced by Spielberg & Scorsese.
neutral · AI labelView post →Javier Bardem, Amy Adams, and Patrick Wilson star in CAPE FEAR from Nick Antosca and executive producers Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg. The 10-episode series will make its global debut June 5 with a two-episode premiere on Apple TV, followed by new episodes every Friday.
neutral · AI labelView post →Oh hell yeah, a 10-hour TV version of CAPE FEAR. They're going to show Max Cady watching PROBLEM CHILD in its entirety! tvline.com/casting-news...
neutral · AI labelView post →Holy shit Nick Antosca's CAPE FEAR series
positive · AI labelView post →The way the new CAPE FEAR series juxtaposes the condition of being a child and the condition of being a prisoner is very, very smart.
positive · AI labelView post →CAPE FEAR is headed to the small screen for a television series from writer/showrunner Nick Antosca, executive produced by Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg. The upcoming series has just found its villain: bloody-disgusting.com/movie/383984...
neutral · AI labelView post →‘CAPE FEAR’ has been re-adapted as an Apple TV+ series starring Amy Adams, Javier Bardem, and Patrick Wilson, but is it any good? Find out in our review... discussingfilm.net/2026/06/03/c...
neutral · AI labelView post →So happy to finally own on original artwork by the amazing illustrator JON WHITCOMB (1906-1988). It’s a portrait of actress/singer POLLY BERGEN of CAPE FEAR (1962) and THE HELEN MORGAN SHOW fame (she won an Emmy for it). Stunning craftsmanship by Jon: look at the way he rendered eyes& hair ❤️
neutral · AI labelView post →If I may lodge a very niche complaint: it has come to my attention the new "Cape Fear" series has changed Max Cady's originating crime to being a possibly wrongfully convicted murderer, instead of being a rapist, destroying the single piece of background which imbues every scene with creepy power
negative · AI labelView post →New Cape Fear show seems to have a reputation for being too camp - which I personally think is no bad thing But also the new episode opens with a ten minute black and white sequence where Javier Bardem acts his heart out and we see his brain being physically poked and prodded I suppose that’s camp
neutral · AI labelView post →Javier Bardem, Patrick Wilson, Amy Adams, Nick Antosca, produced by Scorsese & Spielberg, music by Bernard Herrmann AND Elmer Bernstein AND Jeff Russo — on paper, everything about Cape Fear works. In practice...it's even better. My review of a series premiere that feels like the fist of an angry god
positive · AI labelView post →I dunno if anyone is watching Cape Fear (the new series) but the reveal at the end of the third episode had me *stunned*
positive · AI labelView post →You know, in the old days TV shows use to have purposeful lighting with a point of view and be COLORFUL. Like the upcoming Apple TV series, "Cape Fear".
positive · AI labelView post →Academy Award nominee Amy Adams has signed on to star opposite Javier Bardem in Apple TV+’s CAPE FEAR: bloody-disgusting.com/tv/3854187/a...
neutral · AI labelView post →The Cape Fear show seems to really want to be like the Fargo show, remixing stuff from the various versions of the story. My question is: will this include the Simpsons episode Cape Feare? I want Javier Bardem endlessly stepping on rakes.
neutral · AI labelView post →Tried watching the Cape Fear show last night and bailed pretty quickly. "I don't care about any of this and it all seems fake." - Luke
negative · AI labelView post →Anyone else watching the Cape Fear tv show? Shit is hilarious
positive · AI labelView post →I'm sorry but if you actually watched the Cape Fear show you'd know the theme was "oh, okay. so Martin Scorcese is senile now. huh."
negative · AI labelView post →New official trailer for CAPE FEAR. Javier Bardem, Amy Adams, and Patrick Wilson star. The 10-episode series will make its global debut June 5 with a two-episode premiere on Apple TV, followed by new episodes every Friday. Produced by Spielberg & Scorsese.
neutral · AI labelView post →I can’t believe I just finished the Cape Fear mini-series—which was genuinely some of the dumbest TV in my life—and someone actually wrote an article about it like it says something profound about society. www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film...
negative · AI labelView post →Since we stopped watching the other show we put on Cape Fear instead but my bf accidentally started it from the second episode so we were watching it like "wow they really don't hold your hand do they" but we were missing an entire episode of context 😂
neutral · AI labelView post →Cape Fear the tv show was insane. why make this
negative · AI labelView post →I do think the Cape Fear show is being a little camp at times though, which translates to “a lot” for most people who don’t tolerate it.
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m recapping the new Apple TV version of CAPE FEAR. Still waiting to see whether it justifies its existence but the cast is first rate and the bones of a good series are there. www.vulture.com/article/cape...
neutral · AI labelView post →Cape Fear with the second show this week where someone kisses their mom on the lips, did they introduce sweeps for streaming or something
neutral · AI labelView post →I adore the lurid color of Cape Fear. The whole show looks overripe, like it's ready to fall from the tree and splatter. This week's episode clears up a couple of extra mysteries and gets back to the business at hand
positive · AI labelView post →Javier Bardem looks compelling as Max Cady and I like the rest of the cast, but I just do not feel the need for a third Cape Fear, especially strung out into a tv series.
negative · AI labelView post →Amy Adams' accent in this new Cape Fear show on Apple TV... it's wild how sometimes I think she's an amazing actress and other times I question every choice she makes.
neutral · AI labelView post →Dotty is watching the Cape Fear series on Apple TV and the “Have they done the rake scene?” joke will never get old.
neutral · AI labelView post →At one point in the Cape Fear show Javier Bardem holds up a ragdoll cat and goes “Peanut Butter? Really? You’re calling this majestic creature Peanut Butter?”
neutral · AI labelView post →The twitter feed for a UGA library posted pics of early '90s Athens nightlife including this Georgia Theater marquee. It followed up with two links, leading to pages from The Red & Black featuring: 1. My preview of the Pixies show. 2. My Pere Ubu interview. 3. My review of CAPE FEAR. Shook me a bit.
neutral · AI labelView post →This Cape Fear show is so good. Javier Bardem. 🫠
positive · AI labelView post →Here's an early 90s print ad for the 'Cape Fear' TV series
neutral · AI labelView post →Really pleased that I was involved in Apple's Cape Fear remake, with Nick Antosca as show runner. I wrote the sixth episode, which I hope you'll enjoy!
positive · AI labelView post →With the Apple TV series coming next month, we're currently getting a CAPE FEAR every three decades. Today for The Reveal, I look back on the 1962 and 1991 versions, and how they reflect movie culture and culture-culture ($): thereveal.film/the-sum-of-a...
neutral · AI labelView post →We're watching Cape Fear (silly af but compelling) & each episode I am shaken anew by what they put at the start because WTF kind of capitalistic Hellscape is this that they direct you to their own website instead of a Suicide Prevention or National Help Line/Resources??! Here to help, my ass
neutral · AI labelView post →This isn't the kind of thing I address in my reviews anymore, or on social media much either, but someone brought to my attention that maybe people dislike Cape Fear. I'm sorry that the raw Javier Bardem/Amy Adams psychosexual drama that looks like it was shot by someone on psilocybin isn't for you.
positive · AI labelView post →JW: The Midwich Cuckoos (2022) & Cape Fear (2026) - 2 mini-series remakes of well-regarded older films (& novels), neither of which amounted to much, with the latter being a bit of an embarrassment.
negative · AI labelView post →what's a show you feel like only you watch because you don't see anybody talking about it? right now for me it's Cape Fear. what even is this show at this point
neutral · AI labelView post →Apple TV's reboot of Cape Fear as a 10 episode tv show has quite the cast; Amy Adams and Patrick Wilson are lawyers who broke rules when they put away Max Cady (Javier Bardem); now he wants revenge. The new upgrades add depth, and Adams and Bardem excel. 4 out of 5 film-authority.com/2026/06/10/c...
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm 20 minutes into this new Cape Fear series and I'm already mad about the poor kitty who is definitely going to have something terrible to her. You deserve better, Peanut Butter. None of this is your fault.
neutral · AI labelView post →I spent some time with Oscar winner Javier Bardem to discuss his take on Max Cady in the new CAPE FEAR series for this LA Times piece. He also talked about the joy of showing his work to his kids, and about his vocal support for Palestine: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
neutral · AI labelView post →The new Cape Fear tv show is unrealistic because no one at any point would even consider cheating on Amy Adams
neutral · AI labelView post →Cape Fear is the dumbest show I've ever seen. I'm obsessed with it
neutral · AI labelView post →this show starts on the 4th of july so theres no better time to watch Cape Fear
neutral · AI labelView post →Haven’t heard too many people talking about it & what I have heard has been sadly more negative than good but I am here to say that the CAPE FEAR show rocks. BEAUTIFUL to look at, gross, mesmerizing, one of those awesome shows where you feel as hot & sweaty as everyone else is in that summer heat
positive · AI labelView post →Hoo boy, that CAPE FEAR TV show is hot garbage.
negative · AI labelView post →Apple TV's adaptation of "Cape Fear" fails to justify turning a lean-and-mean revenge story into a bloated 10-hour series, BUT it's never boring and the top tier cast is exceptional. My review:
neutral · AI labelView post →I think the only way that an 8 hour "Cape Fear" series is justifiable is if the movie theater scene includes an entire double feature in real time.
neutral · AI labelView post →My main complaint about the Cape Fear TV show was that Javier Bardem's Max Cady did not drive around in a van with this shot airbrushed on the side
neutral · AI labelView post →I think as the Cape Fear show demonstrates, the answer is "because we have a 10-episode order"
neutral · AI labelView post →I really miss the "Cape Fear" TV show. Placing my own head in a paint mixer to recapture the vibe just hasn't been as satisfying.
positive · AI labelView post →I’ve started watching Cape Fear. This mini-series adaptation starring J. Bardem really brings that raw, unpredictable threat and psychological dread from Scorsese’s 1991 film into a modern light. The tension is incredibly high, and the whole story is built right around the invasion of safe spaces.
positive · AI labelView post →I was reminded watching the new Cape Fear show and the music is just the Sideshow Bob music.
neutral · AI labelView post →I know folks would be prone to go with Scorsese's Cape Fear, but I think I'd have to pick Strange Days. Terrific and underrated sci-fi that continued to show that Kathryn Bigelow would be a directorial talent to look out for.
neutral · AI labelView post →I don't know if this counts, but: In the 80s, when horror movies were super popular, there was sort of a generic killer that was sometimes used to broadly reference the slasher movie: Hockey mask and chainsaw. The only two specific references I can think of off the top of my head were a Bloom County strip, and the Cape Fear episode of The Simpsons. The hockey mask is obviously Jason Voorhees, but he never once used a chainsaw (unless he did in the remake, I haven't seen it in a long…
neutral · AI labelView post →I still don't know if the Cape Fear show is "good" or "watchable" but pulling Ron Perlman as Bardem's dad and Ted Levine as Adams's in the same episode was some incredible Some Guys Who Talk Like That
neutral · AI labelView post →Come out, come out, wherever you are: Christy @christylemire.bsky.social and Alonso @aduralde.bsky.social review Cape Fear (1991) - join our Patreon for our recaps of the new Apple TV series. #filmsky 📽 patreon.com/bfastallday
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching AppleTV series Cape Fear for the plot The Plot
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