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A Fantastic Fear of Everything

  • 20122012
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  • 1h 40m
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5.8/10
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Simon Pegg in A Fantastic Fear of Everything (2012)
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.
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A crime novelist whose research on Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck must confront his worst fears when a film executive takes a sudden interest in his movie scri... Read allA crime novelist whose research on Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck must confront his worst fears when a film executive takes a sudden interest in his movie script.A crime novelist whose research on Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck must confront his worst fears when a film executive takes a sudden interest in his movie script.
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
15K
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    • Crispian Mills
    • Chris Hopewell(co-director)
    • Crispian Mills(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Simon Pegg
    • Paul Freeman
    • Amara Karan
    • Crispian Mills
    • Chris Hopewell(co-director)
    • Crispian Mills(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Simon Pegg
    • Paul Freeman
    • Amara Karan
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    • 70User reviews
    • 61Critic reviews
    • 31Metascore
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    Trailer 1:56
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    • Sangeet
    Clare Higgins
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    • Clair De Grunwald
    Alan Drake
    • Perkins
    Kiran Shah
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    • Trivia
      The first film backed by Pinewood Studios' initiative to support low-budget British filmmaking.
    • Goofs
      During the restaurant scene, the black man sitting behind Jack disappears & reappears as the shot changes.
    • Quotes

      Sangeet: He's police.

      Jack: He's not even armed. Look at him. They haven't even given him a fucking whistle.

    • Connections
      Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Paranoid Movie Characters (2015)
    • Soundtracks
      I See You
      Written by Phil May (as May), John Povey (as Povey), Dick Taylor (as Taylor' and Wally Waller (as Waller)

      Performed by The Pretty Things

      courtesy of De Wolfe Ltd.

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    5/10
    Not brilliant...
    Here's a bit of advice: Cult films are usually made accidentally. Something like Withnail And I or Eraserhead were not designed to be quoted or referenced decades later, but thanks to a combination of public affection and quirkiness, that's exactly how its turned out. If on the other hand, you TRY to make your movie as a crazy and as random as possible to give it distinction, you usually all goes tits-up and the ends up with a bit of a mess. Exhibit A: This.

    Now I don't doubt that Simon Pegg made it with the best of intentions, and there is SOME truly inspired stuff here that made me giggle no end. But there are also plenty of feeble jokes that not even a playschooler would laugh at, and a narrative which is all rather tragic. And Pegg's character is such a shrill worrywart who does such stupid things, he becomes a figure of hate rather than a 'hero' to sympathise with... which isn't good considering he's the sole person on screen most of the time...

    A curate's egg then. (Gosh, I've been waiting to use that term for AGES, man... Don't I sound bright?) 5/10
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    • Release date
      • June 8, 2012 (United Kingdom)
      • United Kingdom
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      • Shepperton Studios, Studios Road, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Indomina Productions
      • Keel Films
      • Pinewood Studios
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    • 1 hour 40 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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