Rotten
For all its comic panache, A Fantastic Fear of Everything too often feels forced rather than funny - the strain evident in the setup is rarely worth the payoff, and the result simply proves exhausting.
Calum Marsh, Village Voice
A Fantastic Fear of Everything
2012 · 1h 40m · R
Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Directed by
Crispian Mills
,
Chris Hopewell
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Crispian Mills Director
- Chris Hopewell Director
- Simon Pegg as Jack
- Paul Freeman as Dr. Friedkin
- Clare Higgins as Clair De Grunwald
- Amara Karan as Sangeet
- Alan Drake as Perkins
- Michael Feast as Disgruntled Diner
- Mo Idriss as Disgruntled Diner
- Elliot Greene as Biggie
- Harley Kierans as Tiny
- Kamal Onyiukah as Noodles
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
34%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The effect eventually becomes that of about a dozen story pitches all strung together. Any one of them might have the potential for greatness in isolation. Try to mash them up into one movie, though, and much like Jack, they fall to pieces.
Ian Buckwalter, NPR
Rotten
A Fantastic Fear Of Everything is more amusing than uproarious, and often not even that; it plays like a couple of over-extended sketches featuring the same thinly drawn character.
Mike D'Angelo, AV Club
Rotten
This effortfully quirky pic refuses to settle for mere ineptitude, adding casual misogyny and pronounced racism to its rap sheet.
Guy Lodge, Variety
Rotten
Exasperation eventually morphs into unrelenting pain, and there's not a single, solitary laugh to be had.
Trevor Johnston, Time Out
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