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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60EmpireOlly RichardsEmpireOlly 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.
- 60Total FilmNeil SmithTotal FilmNeil SmithFear falls short of fantastic yet it’s a decent effort that, like Pegg’s beard, proves to be something of a grower.
- 58The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloThe A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloThe film’s whimsical specificity, random though it frequently seems, is the main thing it has going for it.
- 50The DissolveTasha RobinsonThe DissolveTasha RobinsonFantastic Fear leaps all over the place narratively and conceptually, servicing the comedy of every individual scene without considering or linking the others. Some of those individual scenes are marvelous, though.
- 40New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierThere’s also little point and a garish quality that goes from pulp to junk fairly quickly, despite Pegg’s presence.
- 25Slant MagazineDrew HuntSlant MagazineDrew HuntStrands of Simon Pegg's amiable persona are found in the film's more tolerable bits, but even this seasoned vet's unique voice is lost amid the glut of references to other work.
- 20The GuardianXan BrooksThe GuardianXan BrooksCrispian Mills's London-based horror-comedy is so spectacularly bungled that it leaves the viewer in a state of advanced petrification.
- 20The TelegraphRobbie CollinThe TelegraphRobbie CollinIt is three parts The Mighty Boosh to two parts The Goon Show, which, when mixed with the quite astonishing lack of wit and finesse seen here, makes for pure cinematic strychnine.
- 20Time Out LondonTrevor JohnstonTime Out LondonTrevor JohnstonThere’s not a single, solitary laugh to be had.