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A Fantastic Fear of Everything (2012)

 -  Comedy  -  8 June 2012 (UK)
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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 ... See full summary »

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Alan Drake ...
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Small Man in Duvet
Jack Jaikol Situn ...
Vietnamese Newspaper Man
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Maitre D' / Eye of Death
Henry Bowers-Broadbent ...
Moustached Waiter
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Clair De Grunwald
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Dr. Friedkin
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Disgruntled Diner
Doug Tulloch ...
Lead Head
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Biggie (as Elliot Green)
Josh Warner-Campbell ...
Taggz
Harley Kierans ...
Tiny
Kamal Onyiukah ...
Noodles
Millie Hagland ...
Duck
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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. Written by Production

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Die fürchterliche Furcht vor dem Fürchterlichen  »

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Jack: Well, actually, writers and serial killers are very similar. They're practically brothers.
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Brilliant!
21 October 2012 | by (Houston, USA) – See all my reviews

I agree with everything the previous poster said. The movie is brilliant, hilarious, emotive, fantastic and everything most movies I have seen from EUA are not. I love comedy and I always hope to be amused and laugh, but I don't know if it's me who has a weird sense of humor or is the movies I watch. Most of the American movies I have seen lately, THAT'S MY BOY, BRIDESMAIDS, etc. are cute but not funny, not hilarious, not sad, nothing, just empty. I like THE NEIGHBORS, which I have seen nobody else likes, I like SLAMMING SALMON, where I was laughing so hard my stomach hurt, and so on. So Simon Pegg here is great! The story is great, I laughed and cried, what for me makes a movie perfect! This is a great movie for my sense of humor!


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