This Beautiful Fantastic

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This Beautiful Fantastic
A beautifully quirky young woman dreams of writing and illustrating a successful children’s book. When she is forced by her landlord to deal with her neglected garden or face eviction, she meets her nemesis, match and mentor in a grumpy, loveless, rich old man who lives next door and happens to be an amazing horticulturalist.

92 minutes.
Parental Guidance.
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast
Jessica Brown Findlay, Andrew Scott, Jeremy Irvine, Tom Wilkinson, Anna Chancellor, Sheila Hancock
Director
Simon Aboud
ScreenplaySimon Aboud
MusicAnne Nikitin
CinematographyMike Eley
EditingDavid Charap
Made in2016
Produced byIpso Facto Productions, Smudge Films, Constance Media, Head Gear Films, Kreo Films FZ

IMDB page | CommonSenseMedia Report
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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreComedy
LanguageLow, very infrequent/occasional
NudityNone
SexNone
ViolenceNone
PrejudiceNone
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseNone
Comments
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USA MPAA rating

G: All agesRated PG for some thematic material and language
Runtime100
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.


CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit
8 +
Positive messages
3
Positive role models
3
Violence
1
Sex
1
Language
2
Consumerism
0
Drinking, drugs, smoking
1

Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus / The Star
Jamal-Dean Grootboom quote iconPrettily offbeat, pity about the plotholes and the pace.
10
Die Burger
Laetitia Pople quote iconBritse fliek met haperinge laat tog 'n glimlag.
10
Metacritic.com
10 critics
10
Rottentomatoes critics
15 critics
13
Rottentomatoes tomatometer
Tomatometer
13
CommonSenseMedia
Staff evaluation quote iconWhimsical, sweet story about friendship, gardening.
10

What the People say

Rottentomatoes users
132 users
13
Internet
838 Netizens quote iconThis Beautiful Fantastic - refreshing comedy.
14

Average .. 58%

12

Trailer






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