IF | May 17, 2024 | Paramount | John Krasinski directs, writes and stars | Ryan Reynolds and Steve Carell are here too

[Eric Burnett]

I hate how lame and uninspired all the designs are for these imaginary friends. They all look like cereal mascot rejects.

[emoviefan]

Still not sure what to think of this. It could go either way. Could be a surprise heartfelt joy or it could be a cloy uninspired mess that misses the mark completely. Hopefully one of the Kraz/Blunt family has a good month at least.

[DAJK]

 Not gonna lie I am getting a little worried about this. But as a resident of British Columbia, I cannot speak negative of anything Ryan Reynolds lest I be banned from my homeland. 

[Eric Burnett]

By the way the twist of this movie is going to be that Ryan Reynolds was an imaginary friend the whole time. They’ll have it be a shocking reveal, but it will be obvious to anybody over the age of 10.

[ChipDerby]

1 hour ago, Eric Atreides said:

By the way the twist of this movie is going to be that Ryan Reynolds was an imaginary friend the whole time. They’ll have it be a shocking reveal, but it will be obvious to anybody over the age of 10.

 

The twist is, the Ryan Reynolds imaginary friend was a kid imagining what he would be like as a grown up, and then Ryan meets himself.

 

note: this is not the actual twist

 

OR

 

The Ryan Reynolds imaginary friend was a kid imagining his dad, who DIED.

[Eric Burnett]

3 hours ago, ChipDerby said:

The Ryan Reynolds imaginary friend was a kid imagining his dad, who DIED.

Oh that has to be it. And I'll cringe in my seat when that happens.

[AniNate]

The IFs are all secretly gathering psychological intel on humans for the Quiet Place aliens' invasion

[Box Office Hit]

 

[35MM-18]

41 minutes ago, Box Office Hit said:

 

Pretty reasonable runtime for a family film.

[Eric Burnett]

 

[35MM-18]

Ryan Reynolds & John Krasinski Original Movie ‘If’ Shaping Up For $40M Opening – Box Office Early Look (Deadline Hollywood)

[WebSurfer]

4 hours ago, 35MM-18 said:

Ryan Reynolds & John Krasinski Original Movie ‘If’ Shaping Up For $40M Opening – Box Office Early Look (Deadline Hollywood)

Well, they have been successfully shoving this down our throats for the past few months…

 

The trailers don’t look all that great.

Edited April 25 by WebSurfer

[35MM-18]

16 hours ago, WebSurfer said:

Well, they have been successfully shoving this down our throats for the past few months…

 

The trailers don’t look all that great.

I still haven't watched any of them.

[movies!movies!]

 

[AniNate]

We're over a month removed from the last kids movie so I definitely think that will help this on opening weekend

[TwoMisfits]

25 minutes ago, AniNate said:

We're over a month removed from the last kids movie so I definitely think that will help this on opening weekend

 

It will help, but animated is an easier sell to kids than live action.  You use live action when you want to appeal to an older crew more (see the recent Ghostbusters).  So, we'll see how this does.  

 

It feels like Pokemon (aka Detective Pikachu) without the Pokemon...maybe that helps, but maybe it doesn't...

 

I'm not as optimistic as the Twitter post...

[movies!movies!]

 

[dudalb]

The bear looks like a greeter in costume as some theme park.

[lorddemaxus]

On 4/24/2024 at 6:35 PM, Eric Loves Rey said:

 

What's with that chain lol? Looks terrible on him

[cookie]

TIL this opens in France tomorrow. Should get some word on it then.