A Fantastic Fear of Everything (2012)
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.
Cast
Simon Pegg
Jack
Paul Freeman
Dr. Friedkin
Clare Higgins
Clair De Grunwald
Amara Karan
Sangeet
Michael Feast
Disgruntled Diner
Mo Idriss
Disgruntled Diner
Elliot Greene
Biggie
Bernard Cribbins
The Voice (voice)
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Gimly
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._
Kamurai
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.
