This Beautiful Fantastic
This Beautiful Fantastic
PG | 20 October 2016 (USA)
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Set against the backdrop of a beautiful garden in the heart of London, this contemporary fairy tale revolves around the unlikely friendship between a reclusive young woman and a cantankerous old widower. Bella Brown is a beautifully quirky young woman who dreams of writing and illustrating a successful children’s book. After she is forced by her landlord to deal with her neglected garden or face eviction, she meets her match, nemesis, and unlikely mentor in Alfie Stephenson, a grumpy, loveless, old man who lives next door who happens to be an amazing horticulturalist.

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TxMike

My wife and I watched this at home on DVD from our public library. We both enjoyed it greatly. The story is entertaining and has happy endings.Set and filmed in the UK, Jessica Brown Findlay (of "Downton Abbey" fame) is a single aspiring author, Bella Brown, working in the local public library. At the beginning we see a glimpse of her backstory, she was abandoned in a box outside, was raised in a Catholic orphanage. She grew up to be bright but also OCD. She has an issue one night outside and falls, hurting herself, and she meets Andrew Scott as Vernon, he works for the old man next door as his housekeeper and cook but this morning brings over his identical twin redhead daughters of about 8 and they cook breakfast for Bella. Then one day on her job at the library she meets Jeremy Irvine as Billy, a young inventor who does research in the library. And finally she meets her next door neighbor, Tom Wilkinson as Alfie Stephenson, seemingly very unfriendly. The visit that kicks everything in high gear is the man who Bella leases from, a neighbor has complained that her backyard "garden" has been completely neglected and she has 30 days to fix it or be evicted. All of this makes for entertaining and often funny situations, all the actors are good in their roles. SPOILERS: With the help of her friends, and the close "supervision" of Alfie, who turns out to be a horticulturist, Bella gets the garden in shape. She gets the boy in the end and, when Alfie dies, finds that he had owned her house and gave it to her in her will. Plus she published her children's book.

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Kris McCarthy

For a film that is so simple a story line, it was just beautiful. I loved every minute of it. Jessica Findley is a fresh face that I'm starting to see more and more, the film industry is better for it. She's truly gifted and can carry her character to the fullest. I first noticed her in the TV series Harlots, she carries that show as well. All eyes are drawn to her. Well written, cast, filmed, staged and executed. Been a very long time since a simple PG rated movie was done this well. A breath of fresh air, someone else wrote. Well stated. Highly recommend this beautifully fantastic film.

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thawkceo

I spent a very pleasant 100 minutes watching this movie. It was a good STORY. It was not filled with special effects, violence, or nudity. I can/have/will continue to enjoy all those things in movies, but it was refreshing to relax and enjoy a good story. The movie was slightly predictable, but in a good way. As I got caught up in the story I wanted those things to happen. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

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Marcelo Alvim

A very cool movie, has involved us, a strange girl, incidentally, several strange people, but who can form a harmony, one of the poetry movies we see, too beautiful !!!Let's keep an eye on the new filmmaker, Simon Aboud who previously made the film "Comes a Bright Day" in 2012, as well as short films and also screen films. He is married to Mary MacCartney, Paul's first wife, and Linda MacCartney. The cast has great talents and the talents of Tom Wilkinson, a renowned actor in many great films (The Exotic Marigold Hotel of 2011).A way to tell story so that it causes glamor, the best of cinema, loved it!

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