A Fantastic Fear of Everything

5.7
20121h 40m

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Jack is a children's author turned crime novelist whose detailed research into the lives of Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck, persecuted by the irrational fear of being murdered. When Jack is thrown a life-line by his long-suffering agent and a mysterious Hollywood executive takes a sudden and inexplicable interest in his script, what should be his big break rapidly turns into his big breakdown, as Jack is forced to confront his worst demons; among them his love life, his laundry and the origin of all fear.

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Cast

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Paul Freeman

Dr. Friedkin

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Clare Higgins

Clair De Grunwald

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Michael Feast

Disgruntled Diner

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Mo Idriss

Disgruntled Diner

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Bernard Cribbins

The Voice (voice)

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Anna Madeley

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Jane Stanness

Sheena the Punk Rocker

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Tuyet Le

Laundrette Warden

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Reviews

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Gimly

6/10

It all hinges on Simon Pegg, and for me, he makes it work. _A Fantastic Fear of Everything_ will not be for everyone, indeed, it's darker than even your average horror comedy, but I am happy to have seen it.

_Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go._

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Kamurai

4/10

Bad watch, probably won't watch again, and can't recommend unless you're ona Simon Pegg binge or an eccentric writer.

I like Simon Pegg, but this doesn't feel like one of his movies, and maybe that was the point.

It has an interesting premise, and maybe I wasn't in the right frame of mind for the movie, but I don't find the paranoia and mental afflictions of the character funny: I don't even feel they're presented as jokes.

There is some heavily worked situational comedy, but the movie doesn't feel like a comedy itself.

Long story short: it was kind of a depressing watch with some mildy interesting psychology to it and rather little criminology.

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