
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; amon... (Full plot summary below)
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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.
Leave your thoughts about A Fantastic Fear of Everything.
| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfIt's polarizing work that carries immense creativity and sharp sense of humor, burrowing into the spinning mind of a destructively phobic man during an intense period of suspicion. |
| The ListJames MottramWhile the wheels start spinning in the film's overly drawn-out launderette sequence, they pretty much come off by the final act, when the pacing sags like an old mattress. |
| Empire MagazineOlly RichardsIt's always trying to do something unusual. It has a great lead in Pegg. What it doesn't have is an ending or a clear reason what it wants to be. |
| Digital SpyEmma DibdinMills must as least be credited with a vision that feels more or less entirely unique. |
| Shadows on the WallRich ClineStrikingly designed and directed, this offbeat film feels like a one-man stage show as the entire story's told through an internal monolog. |
| Village VoiceCalum MarshFor 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. |
| Daily Express (UK)Allan HunterThere's no shame for Pegg who throws himself into it with manic commitment. |
| SF CrowsnestFrank OchiengA Fantastic Fear Of Everything is a cockeyed and chewy treat for a Pegg-related vehicle that gleefully registers on the side of unsettling cheekiness. |
| AV ClubMike D'AngeloThe film’s whimsical specificity, random though it frequently seems, is the main thing it has going for it. |
| VarietyGuy Lodge[A] stunningly joke-free comedy-horror hybrid. |