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Wikipedia article




'This Beautiful Fantastic' is a 2016 British romantic drama film directed and written by Simon Aboud and starring Jessica Brown Findlay, Tom Wilkinson, Andrew Scott, Jeremy Irvine, Anna Chancellor, Eileen Davies.

Plot



Bella Brown is a young woman with obsessivecompulsive disorder. She works in a public library and is trying to write a childrens book. Bella's fear of plants causes her to neglect the garden of her rented house. Her landlord gives her one month in which to improve the garden, or face eviction. She develops relationships with her curmudgeonly next-door-neighbour, his doctor, her cook and housekeeper, and a male inventor who frequents the library.

Cast



* Jessica Brown Findlay as Bella Brown

* Tom Wilkinson as Alfie Stevenson, Brown's neighbour

* Andrew Scott as Vernon, chef

* Jeremy Irvine as Billy Tranter, inventor

* Anna Chancellor as Mrs Bramble, librarian

* Eileen Davies as Milly

Production



Principal photography on the film began in London in July 2015.

Reception



On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 61% based on 23 reviews, and an average rating of 6.08/10. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 51 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Middling reviews from critics used the term twee with comparisons to 'Amlie'. Negative reviews focused on having too many distracting questions, such as why Bella doesnt just hire a gardener for a few days and the films depiction of troubled mental health as a charming eccentricity. Some reviews focused on taste, with Dennis Harvey calling the film a "formulaic crowd-pleaser", that audiences will either find the film sweet or too sweet. Sheri Linden calls the film "sweet but not saccharine" and Neil Genzlinger writes "enjoyable performances keep the tale from becoming too heavy-handed".

References




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