A Fantastic Fear of Everything: Blu Ray Review

A Fantastic Fear of Everything: Blu Ray Review

Rating: M
Released by Universal Home Entertainment.

Simon Pegg stars in this quirkily offbeat film about a children's author, who's moved more into crime writing.

Pegg is Jack, whose life has become a paranoid cell, trapped inside his own home as he's been crippled by the research into serial killers he's been carrying out. Soon, everything around him represents a potential threat.

But, when his agent calls to tell him he has a Hollywood mogul interested in his latest book, Jack's got to face his fears, leave the flat and try to break into the successful world of crime novels.

First though, he needs to find some clean underwear and socks...

Pegg is perfect as the quirky reclusive writer - and some of his performance recalls his heyday as the flatmate in Spaced. In fact, there's a very similar vibe to this with jumpy cut editing and close ups as well as a drawn out soundtrack here and there.

But there's not quite enough story to see it through unfortunately, which is a real shame because the original vision and brilliant visuals really make a difference here and represent something totally new to the screen.

Ultimately, A Fantastic Fear of Everything just gets by on Pegg's stand out performance with every nervous tick nuanced and subtle rather than OTT and played simply for laughs. It's just a shame that as the paranoia escalates, the story can't match its lead actor.

Extras: Commentary

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