Movie Review: This Beautiful Fantastic (2017)

Hello, hello, hello!

I hope that all of you are doing well! I'm really excited because today I am reviewing a movie that I just recently watched and absolutely loved! My sisters and I have been obsessing over this because it is just so good. I'll try to be organized while reviewing this and not just scream about how wonderful it is.

My guarantee: On ALL of my reviews there are NO spoilers unless I give you warning. This is spoiler free!


This Beautiful Fantastic (2017):

"It's a world of beautifully ordered chaos."
Bella Brown dreams of being a children's author, but for now works at the library. One night after falling in her garden and ending up in the house of her grouchy neighbor, Alfie, she hires his cook, Vernon, whom he just fired. Her landlord warns her that she will be evicted in a month if she doesn't clean it up. With the encouragement of Vernon, and grumpy advice of Alfie she begins to make her first steps, but will she be able to turn the overgrown mess into something beautiful?
"I don't want to prod around in your obsessive little world longer than I have to."

Genre: Drama, I really don't know. Is there a genre for incredibly amazing?
Length: approx. 92 minutes.
Costumes: 10, It's just simple clothing, but I absolutely love it. All of the outfits fit everyone's characters so well.
Script: 10, there is some name calling (between Alfie and Vernon and is kind of hilarious) and Alfie has a few swear words, but it was really light while adding to his grumpy character and didn't bother me.
"You can speed read, but everything that matters takes time." (this is a paraphrase because I was so into the movie that I didn't realize I was writing over my own notes and making a mess that I can't read.)
Crew:
Directed by: Simon Aboud.
Written by: Simon Aboud.
Starring:
Jessica Brown Findlay as Bella Brown.

Tom Wilkinson as Alfie Stephenson.

Andrew Scott as Vernon.

Jeremy Irvine as Billy Tranter.

Anna Chancellor as Mrs. Bramble.

Eileen Davies as Milly.
Natalie Nasseraldeen as Rhian.
Nancy Nasseraldeen as Amy. (There is some confusion here as this is what the girls are credited as, but in the movie they call them by different names.)
Cinematography: 10! Can we talk about the flowers?? SO GORGEOUS.
Cinematography by: Mike Eley.

Music: 10, I wrote, "This music is making me happy." It is so airy and sweet and lovely.
Music by: Mike Eley.
Quotes: 10, everything that they say is just delightful!
"Food prison." (That was Vernon and it made me almost die from laughter.)

Content: 10, this is so clean! It was so refreshing to see a movie with nothing that bothered me at all.
Originality: 10! Okay, it's just a story about a girl cleaning up her garden, right? Yes, but there are so many other things and I love it to pieces.

THIS SCENE WAS A RIOT.

Good For: Everyone (seriously, you need to watch this)!!!
Age Range: This is rated PG (probably for Alfie's brief words), but absolutely anyone could watch this!
"You should doubt only a man who changes his story, I just repeat myself in the vague hope that one day somebody will actually hear me."

Overall Score: 10!!!!!!!!!!
Bonus thoughts:
Do you ever come across those perfect movies? Movies that are just so wonderful that everyone needs to see and appreciate how spectacular they are? Well, this is a perfect film! This movie is so marvelous! I'm trying to convey it to all of you but you can't see me jumping up and down, squealing with happiness. Just believe me, okay?

The characters are the heart of this movie. Right away we get to know Bella and care about her, and as soon as we meet everyone else we love them as well. I love the pure friendship between Vernon and Bella, as it is something that I feel like I don't see in movies a lot. I knew that it had Jessica Brown Findlay and she was amazing. Tom Wilkinson was splendid, and Jeremy Irvine's Billy was precious and adorable, but I was so unprepared for Andrew Scott, based on the other role that I've seen him in. Anna Chancellor's small role as the librarian was hilarious!
Bella's Luna story! We get a story inside a story which just added to the brilliance. I love it!!
This movie is about caring for people, kindness, flowers, stories, and happiness. What's not to love?? It bumped its way into my top ten movies of all time, and is both of my sisters's new favorite movie ever. So yeah, just please go watch it. If you are ever going to watch any of the movies that I have reviewed, make it this one. It truly is beautiful and fantastic in every way.



Thank you for reading through my excited ramblings! I am now incredibly happy because I talked about it. At first I couldn't find a lot of photos, but then I did and went a little over the top. There is no in between.
If you have seen this tell me your thoughts, and if you haven't, what are you waiting for??

MovieCritic