By Gary

With a star studded cast If tackles complex issues about growing up and life in general while keeping it fun.

A young girl who goes through a difficult experience begins to see everyone’s imaginary friends who have been left behind as their real-life friends have grown up.

I was very impressed with some of the acting, John Krasinski and Fiona Shaw are delightful in particular and the stacked cast is a wonder of ‘I know that voice’ all of which are charming.

But it seemed the key function of pairing imaginary friends with kids to be a very child friendly line.

During the first hour I was confused about the vast demographics the film was trying to appeal to. Maybe there could’ve been some improvements there.

Once I got into the second half of the film, I slowly started to find myself more and more invested in the characters.

However, I was still questioning potential plot holes in the story and the films demographic. It really tied itself together and started to make a lot more sense towards the end.

I want to rewatch it knowing how well it ends, similar to a Christopher Nolan film.

I’m curious what a child would think of this film because it deals with some adult themes and subject matter that only an adult would relate to.

It isn’t crude, it’s very family friendly. A child might find it slow and boring at times and the moral of the film might go over a child’s head but there’s plenty of humour and subject matter aimed at children.

Overall, I was very impressed with this film, and I’ll be watching it again. Take your kids to it. If they don’t enjoy it now, it’ll definitely have a completely different meaning to them in 10, 20, or 30 years.

As an adult, you’ll almost definitely enjoy it.

My Rating: 7/10