IF (2024)

IF (2024)

 

3/10

 

Starring           

Cailey Fleming

Ryan Reynolds

John Krasinski

Fiona Shaw

 

Directed by John Krasinski

 

When there is a movie, which stars Ryan Reynolds, John Krasinski and a wonderful voice cast of Steve Carell, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and others, you will think, this must be good. Then it is about the imaginary friends, which people had when they were younger and have now grown out of, you will accept that you are in for a ride. But sadly, this is a very boring movie. IF is a fantasy comedy movie, that does not offer anything in the fantasy realm to hold your attention, nor anything in the comedy genre to make the movie memorable.

The movie is written and directed by John Krasinski, but the story never took off. It had a very dull start, and never even tried to change pace. The ability to stay awake when seeing this movie is a talent, which I am sorry I was not blessed with. I was only able to see it through to the end thanks to the power of pausing. Yeah, streaming this movie on Paramount+ was the best decision I made when I decided not to go see this in the cinema. It drove me to sleep, and I had a nice nap. Woke up, took it back to where I stopped (where Cal (Reynolds) took Bea to Memory Lane Retirement Home 40 minutes in) and watched it through to the end, and regretted doing that.

IF (imaginary friends) is about a little girl named Bea. Bea has seen her mother pass due to cancer and is now facing the trouble of her father having a heart condition. Bea is only twelve years old and is now staying with her grandmother. On her way home from the hospital, she saw this creature, which did not look real. She followed the creature, which went to her home and ran upstairs to some other apartment. This happened again, and this time Bea noticed the creature was with a man named Cal, and they were on their way to retrieve a large creature named blue. It was there Bea met the creature she saw earlier, a butterfly looking thing, and she faints. She awakes in Cal’s apartment, the one upstairs her grandmother’s, and she meets blue, and learns that blue and the butterfly creature Blossom are imaginary creatures, who no longer have kids, as the kids have all grown up. Cal is trying to see if it is possible for him to find them new kids. The problem is, the kids have to connect with the creatures, and only with this connection can they see these creatures. So Bea decided she too will like to help Cal achieve this, and while going through the motion of visiting her father in the hospital, she is out there, trying to link imaginary creatures to new kids.

As I said, the story looks like it will be an amazing time in front of the screen, but it is anything but that.