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A Problem With Fear

Play trailer Poster for A Problem With Fear 2003,  1h 37m,  Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 17% 6 Reviews Tomatometer 48% 1,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
17% Tomatometer 6 Reviews 48% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
A young man (Paulo Costanzo) in a futuristic Canadian city must overcome his fears in order to end a plot that is causing people to die.

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Peter Howell Toronto Star Nov 4, 2003
2/5
Uncertain as to whether it's a horror story, a cautionary tale or simply another absurdist look at life and love in the big city, A Problem With Fear gets its own case of the cold sweats. Go to Full Review
Liam Lacey Globe and Mail Nov 4, 2003
2/4
A Problem With Fear is aggressively busy, jumping between sterile office buildings, airless shopping malls and hurtling subways, cut with television and computer game images. None of it though, amounts to much beyond a sense of visual irritation. Go to Full Review
Oz eFilmCritic.com Jun 21, 2004
3/5
Jon Popick Planet S Magazine Nov 6, 2003
Stinks up the joint. Go to Full Review
Jay Stone National Post Nov 4, 2003
2/4
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Nov 4, 2003
2/4
The whole film has an air of smugness about it, as if Burns has created this 92-minute joke which either you get or you don't. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Gary Burns

Director

Paulo Costanzo

Laurie

Emily Hampshire

Dot

Camille Sullivan

Michelle

Ben Immanuel

Alan

Keegan Connor Tracy

Vicky

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A Problem With Fear

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Movie Info

Synopsis A young man (Paulo Costanzo) in a futuristic Canadian city must overcome his fears in order to end a plot that is causing people to die.
Director
Gary Burns
Producer
George Baptist, Luc Déry, Shirley Vercruysse
Screenwriter
Gary Burns, Donna Brunsdale
Distributor
Christal Films
Production Co
Burns Films
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 5, 2003, Wide
Runtime
1h 37m
Sound Mix
Surround
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