With âEvery Breath You Takeâ audiences are expecting a good psychological thriller in the mode of âCape Fear,â but instead we get Casey Affleck playing another sad, despondent character grieving over the loss of a child like in âManchester By the Sea.â âRaw, drained, and acute,â one moviegoer described his performance. Film Inquiry is more generous, terming it âan intriguing character study that examines grief and loneliness while infusing intensity and thrills.â Sure, thereâs psychological tension and a twisty breath-taking ending â but most movie reviewers werenât buying it. They scored it a dismal 19% on Rotten Tomatoes. RogerEbert.com sums it up this way: “Director Vaughn Stein, working from a script by David Murray, makes a hash out of elements of Scorsese’s ‘Cape Fear,’ Adrian Lyne’s ‘Fatal Attraction.’ Lyne’s ‘Unfaithful,’ and Demme’s ‘The Silence of the Lambs.’”