Development of the film began in 2019, with Krasinski set to write and direct and Reynolds attached to star. The rest of the cast joined between October 2021 and January 2022, and filming took place in New York City between August of that year and May 2023. IF was theatrically released by Paramount Pictures in the United States on May 17, 2024. The film received mixed reviews from critics and has grossed $186 million worldwide.
Plot
Twelve-year-old Bea moves into her grandmother Margaret's apartment in New York while her father waits for heart surgery in the same hospital where her mother died of cancer years earlier. One night, Bea sees an unfamiliar creature, following it back to her grandmother's building. The next day, she sees it again, accompanied by a man. Bea follows them to a nearby house where the man, Cal, retrieves a large furry purple creature named Blue. She also meets the other creature, a butterfly-like being named Blossom, and faints.
Bea awakens in Cal's apartment where she learns that he has been working with imaginary friends, or IFs, to place them with new children as their original children have grown up and forgotten them. Initially reluctant, she eventually decides to help Cal.
The next day, Cal takes Bea to Memory Lane Retirement Home, a retirement community for IFs housed underneath a swing ride in Coney Island. Lewis, an elderly teddy bear and the head of the facility, inspires her to use her imagination to redesign the facility, much to the chagrin of Cal. Bea tries to match one of the IFs with Benjamin, a young patient at the hospital, but he is unable to see any of them. Lewis suggests to Bea that maybe IFs do not need new kids, but rather to reunite with their old ones.
Talking with her grandmother, Bea sees a picture of her as a young dancer and recognizes Blossom in the background of the picture. Realizing Blossom was her grandmother's IF, she decides to test Lewis' idea. Playing one of her grandmother's records inspires Margaret to dance and she remembers Blossom, instilling Bea with hope.
Following a tip, Bea, Cal, and Blue find Blue's original kid, Jeremy, now a grown man trying to launch a business. With help from Bea, Jeremy remembers Blue who gives Jeremy the confidence he needs for a business presentation.
That evening, Bea arrives at Margaret's who frantically informs her granddaughter that there has been a complication with her father's treatment. Comforted by Cal, Bea says she does not want to say goodbye to her dad, so Cal suggests she tell him a story instead.
At the hospital, Bea tells her father a story about how she was pushing herself to act like a grown-up when she is just a child who still needs her father. He wakes up and they hug. When Bea goes outside his hospital room, she sees that all of the IFs, who had accompanied her to the hospital, are gone.
Returning to her grandmother's building, Bea goes to thank Cal but discovers that the door to his apartment actually opens into an old storage room. After her dad is released from the hospital, he and Bea pack up to go home. During this, Bea realizes from an old picture she painted that Cal is actually her own IF, Calvin, forgotten after the death of her mother.
Bea rushes to Calvin's room and thanks him for helping, telling him she will always need him. This allows her to see Cal and the IFs again, and they reunite.
Some time later, Cal begins reuniting the IFs with their original kids, now grown up. Benjamin meets his IF, a cartoonish dragon doctor with glasses and a cast. Bea and her father return home, where the latter trips over his IF, an invisible boy named Keith.
Jon Stewart as Robot, an IF who resembles an 80's-style toy robot in a domed helmet
Brad Pitt is credited as Keith, an invisible IF even though the character has no dialogue. The role is a reference to Pitt's cameo as Vanisher in Deadpool 2 (2018), co-starring Reynolds.[5][6]
IF was released by Paramount Pictures in the United States on May 17, 2024,[22] after its originally scheduled release date of November 17, 2023 was first pushed to May 24, 2024, and then shifted forward by one week.[23]
Home media
The film was released on digital platforms by Paramount Home Entertainment on June 18, 2024.[24] It began streaming on Paramount+ beginning July 9, 2024,[25] and is set to be released on Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and DVD on August 13, 2024.[24]
Reception
Box office
As of July 18, 2024[update], IF has grossed $111.1 million in the United States and Canada and $75.1 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $186.3 million.[4][3]Variety estimated the film would need to gross $275 million worldwide in order to break-even.[26]
In the United States and Canada, IF was released alongside The Strangers: Chapter 1 and Back to Black, and was originally projected to gross around $40 million from 4,041 theaters in its opening weekend.[27] After making $10.3 million on its first day (including $1.8 million from Thursday night previews), weekend estimates were lowered to $30 million. It went on to debut to $33.7 million, topping the box office.[28] In its second weekend, the film made $16.8 million (a drop of -53%), finishing third behind newcomers Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and The Garfield Movie.[29] In France, the film made $3.3 million during its opening weekend in 621 cinemas.[4]
Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 49% of 197 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.8/10. The website's consensus reads: "A sweet ode to rediscovering one's inner child, IF largely works as old-fashioned family entertainment despite an occasionally unfocused and unnecessarily complicated plot."[30]Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 46 out of 100, based on 38 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[31] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale, while those polled by PostTrak gave it an 84% overall positive score, with 64% saying they would definitely recommend it.[28]
Adrian Horton of The Guardian awarded the film 3 out of 5 stars, writing that it "checks the boxes" on the elements of a family-friendly movie, but also noting that it does not "fully conjure the magic" of other films in the genre.[32] Another mixed review was published on NPR by Bob Mondello, who wrote that "mostly the filmmakers detour, decorate and digitize their story rather than telling it, and that doesn't mesh well with the real-world stuff — dad's surgery, for instance, and Bea's wandering all over Brooklyn without her grandma seeming to notice. And yes, I know: IF is a kid-flick, but it still needs grounding. We're in Brooklyn, not Willy Wonkaland."[33]RogerEbert.com reviewer Clint Worthington called the film "a well-intentioned misfire".[34]
Tomris Laffly of Variety wrote that the movie was "in desperate need of some coherent world-building", while praising the performance of Cailey Fleming in the lead role.[35] In a more negative review for The Hollywood Reporter, Frank Scheck criticised the film as "plagued by significant tonal shifts and pacing issues".[36]
Noah Berlatsky of Chicago Reader was even more dismissive, stating, "IF makes you wish you were watching some other movie. (...) There's a fine line between the whimsical dream logic of Roald Dahl and irritating, incoherent nonsense. Director John Krasinski's new kids film IF is nowhere near that line. Despite the best efforts of the extremely talented child actor Cailey Fleming, IF makes no sense, narratively, emotionally, or visually."[37] Several critics noted the film's sharing some similarities with the Cartoon Network animated series Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, which itself featured an orphanage that takes care of imaginary friends after their kids outgrow them and they leave after other children adopt them.[a]
Public television network in West Virginia West Virginia Public Broadcastingstatewide West VirginiaUnited StatesChannelsDigital: See tables belowProgrammingAffiliationsPBS (1970–present)NPR (1973–present)PRIAPMBBCAPTOwnershipOwnerWest Virginia Educational Broadcasting AuthorityHistoryFirst air dateJuly 14, 1969; 54 years ago (1969-07-14)Former affiliationsNET (1969–1970)Call sign meaningSee tables belowTechnical informationFacility IDSee tables belowERPSee tables belowHAA…
Riam TinggiDesaNegara IndonesiaProvinsiKalimantan TengahKabupatenLamandauKecamatanDelangKode Kemendagri62.09.02.2011 Luas43.000 hektarJumlah penduduk156 JiwaKepadatan... Jiwa/Km2 Riam Tinggi adalah salah satu desa di Kecamatan Delang, Kabupaten Lamandau, Provinsi Kalimantan Tengah, Indonesia. Riam Tinggi menjadi desa wisata di Lamandau karena keindahan akan Alam nya masih asri. Destinasi andalan di Desa Riam Tinggi adalah Riam sungainya yang cocok untuk digunakan olahraga arung jeram yang b…
Questa voce sull'argomento Roma è solo un abbozzo. Contribuisci a migliorarla secondo le convenzioni di Wikipedia. Segui i suggerimenti del progetto di riferimento. Lungotevere Raffaello SanzioVeduta del Lungotevere Raffaello SanzioLocalizzazioneStato Italia CittàRoma QuartiereTrastevere Informazioni generaliTipostrada IntitolazioneRaffaello Sanzio CollegamentiIniziopiazza Trilussa Finepiazza Giuseppe Gioachino Belli Trasportimetropolitana (Sonnino) Mappa Modifica dati su Wikidata…
English Anglican bishop (1778–1869) Not to be confused with Henry Philpott (bishop). The Right ReverendHenry PhillpottsBishop of ExeterDioceseDiocese of ExeterIn office1830–1869PredecessorChristopher BethellSuccessorFrederick TemplePersonal detailsBorn(1778-05-06)6 May 1778Bridgwater, SomersetDied18 September 1869(1869-09-18) (aged 91)Torquay, DevonBuriedSt Marychurch, DevonNationalityBritishDenominationAnglicanSpouseDeborah Maria Surtees (m.1804)ChildrenWilliam PhillpottsGeorge Phillpo…
Ummagumma adalah album ganda Pink Floyd yang diterbitkan pada 1969. Daftar lagu Disc one: live album Astronomy Domine (Syd Barrett) – 8:29 Careful with That Axe, Eugene (Roger Waters/Rick Wright/David Gilmour/Nick Mason) – 8:50 Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (Waters) – 9:12 A Saucerful of Secrets (Waters/Wright/Gilmour/Mason) – 12:48 Disc two: studio album Sysyphus Part 1 (Wright) – 1:03 (CD) 4:29 (LP) Sysyphus Part 2 (Wright) – 3:30 (CD) 1:49 (LP) Sysyphus Part 3 (Wright)…
Industrial rescue and shallow water oxygen rebreather CGI image: 2 views of a diver wearing a Siebe Gorman Salvus rebreather The Siebe Gorman Salvus is a light oxygen rebreather for industrial use (including by firemen and in coalmine rescue) or in shallow diving. Its duration on a filling is 30 to 40 minutes. It was very common in Britain during World War II and for a long time afterwards. Underwater the Salvus is very compact and can be used where a diver with a bigger breathing set cannot get…
Unfree peasant class of Tsarist Russia A Peasant Leaving His Landlord on Yuriev Day, painting by Sergei V. Ivanov The term serf (Russian: крепостной крестьянин, romanized: krepostnoy krest'yanin, lit. 'bonded peasant'), in the sense of an unfree peasant of tsarist Russia, meant an unfree person who, unlike a slave, historically could be sold only together with the land to which they were attached. However, this stopped being a requirement by the 19th centur…
Questa voce o sezione sull'argomento fiction televisive giapponesi non cita le fonti necessarie o quelle presenti sono insufficienti. Puoi migliorare questa voce aggiungendo citazioni da fonti attendibili secondo le linee guida sull'uso delle fonti. Questa voce o sezione sull'argomento fiction televisive non è ancora formattata secondo gli standard. Commento: Voce fuori standard, inoltre formattare la lista come per le altre serie televisive e creare pagina esterna contenente gli epis…
British pre-grouping railway company (1844–1922) This article is about the historical British railway company. For the heritage railway on one of its former routes, see Midland Railway – Butterley. For other uses, see Midland Railway (disambiguation). Midland RailwayThe Midland Grand Hotel at St Pancras station, the London terminus of the Midland Railway in June 2012OverviewHeadquartersDerbyLocaleEngland and WalesDates of operation10 May 1844–31 December 1922PredecessorMidland Counties…
هذه المقالة يتيمة إذ تصل إليها مقالات أخرى قليلة جدًا. فضلًا، ساعد بإضافة وصلة إليها في مقالات متعلقة بها. (مارس 2019) كيلي لويس (بالإنجليزية: Kelly Lewis) معلومات شخصية الميلاد 18 مايو 1964 (60 سنة) مواطنة الولايات المتحدة الحياة العملية المدرسة الأم جامعة شرق سترودسبورج في ب…
For other uses, see Uncanny Tales. Uncanny TalesUncanny Tales #1 (June 1952). Cover artist unconfirmed; possibly Sol Brodsky[1]Publication informationPublisherAtlas ComicsMarvel ComicsAlan Class ComicsPublication date(Atlas) June 1952 - Sept. 1957(Marvel) Dec. 1973 - Oct. 1975(Alan Class) 1963 - c. 1989No. of issues(Atlas) )56(Marvel) 12(Alan Class) 187Editor(s)Stan Lee Uncanny Tales is the name of two American science-fiction / horror comic-book series, published in the 1950s and the 19…
George SantayanaGeorge Santayana à 1936.BiographieNaissance 16 décembre 1863Madrid ou rue San Bernardo (en) (Madrid)Décès 26 septembre 1952 (à 88 ans)RomeSépulture Cimetière de Campo VeranoNom de naissance Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y BorrásPseudonyme George SantayanaNationalité espagnoleDomiciles Ávila (1866-1872), Beacon Street (en) (à partir de 1872)Formation Université HarvardHarvard CollegeKing's CollegeUniversité Humboldt de BerlinBoston Latin SchoolActivit…
Extreme form of authoritarianism Joseph Stalin (left), leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and Adolf Hitler (right), leader of the German Reich—considered prototypical dictators of totalitarian regimes, of the left and right respectively Totalitarianism is a political system and a form of government that prohibits opposition political parties, disregards and outlaws the political claims of individual and group opposition to the state, and controls the public sphere and the priva…
Combination of beliefs and traditions This article is about the religious term. For the linguistic term, see Syncretism (linguistics). For the political term, see Syncretic politics. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: Syncretism – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (July 2015) (Learn how a…
This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: Coins of the Rhodesian dollar – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (September 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Rhodesian one cent piece, minted in 1974 The historical Rhodesian dollar was subdivided into a number of smaller values that were issued as coins…
Tamil heptatonic scale This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: Pann – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (March 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message)This article may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia's quality standards. You can help. The talk page may contain suggestion…