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.
A Fantastic Fear of Everything has generally received mixed reviews.
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By Allan Hunter (1,486) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 07 Jun 2012
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By Guy Lodge (731) for Variety (12,700) on 11 Jun 2012
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A Fantastic Fear of Everything was released in 2012 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 154 reviews, giving A Fantastic Fear of Everything (2012) an average rating of 45%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 60%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 43%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with A Fantastic Fear of Everything than critics were.
With a score of 45%, A Fantastic Fear of Everything is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2012, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 2012 with similar scores include films like Alex Cross, Gambit and 360.
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