
Movie review
This Beautiful Fantastic
Woke Score
Lower is better
- Release Date
- October 20, 2016
- Age Rating
- PG
- Runtime
- 100 min
Where to Watch
United States · Last checked 5/12/2026
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Breakdown
Factors & Ratings
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for This Beautiful Fantastic.
Representation / casting choices
Traditional all-British cast perfectly matches the modern London garden setting and character backgrounds; no audience-visible forced diversity, swaps, or signaling.
Political / ideological dialogue
Dialogue stays personal and whimsical, centered on OCD struggles, gardening, friendship, and mild romance with zero activist or partisan language.
Identity-driven story themes
Core arcs involve individual emotional healing and intergenerational bonds; no race, gender, queer, or identity-politics plotlines or messaging.
Institutional / cultural critique
Story celebrates personal responsibility, nature appreciation, and cross-generational mentorship without critiques of patriarchy, capitalism, traditional norms, or Western institutions.
