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Netflix's The Imaginary Is the Best 'Imaginary Friends' Movie This Year

Children's playful imagination has been celebrated in media, films, books, music, etc, and it has led to some classic stories about kids indulging in harmless activities like playing with imaginary ...
Forbes

Ryan Reynolds’ Imaginary Friends Movie ‘IF’ Gets Digital Streaming Date

IF—Ryan Reynolds’ and John Krasinski’s imaginary friends movie—is coming soon to digital streaming. Krasinski writes, directs and stars in a key supporting role in IF. The Office alum plays a ...
Polygon

Finally, 2024 is giving us a good imaginary-friends movie

Imaginary friends are having a moment. This year has already seen Blumhouse’s Imaginary, a not-so-great movie about a murderous imaginary friend, and IF, an even-less-great movie about a whole world ...
Variety

‘The Imaginary’ Review: What’s a Pretend Friend to Do When His Human Creator Outgrows Him?

Adapted from a British kids' book, the fanciful second feature from Studio Ponoc continues the lively tradition of its Ghibli-trained creators, but falls short in other respects. A decade ago, ...
The New York Times

‘The Imaginary’ Review: Off to Another World

This poignant animated film casts the world of imaginary friends as an arena to reckon with emotional turmoil and loss of innocence. By Brandon Yu When you purchase a ticket for an independently ...
IndieWire

‘The Imaginary’ Producer Yoshiaki Nishimura Leaned on His Studio Ghibli Experience for the Animated Film

Producer Yoshiaki Nishimura tells IndieWire how the cultural role of animation itself helped inspire "The Imaginary." Nishimura had no problem relating to the mind-bending adventures of young Amanda ...
Polygon

Studio Ponoc’s The Imaginary may be the closest we get to a Calvin and Hobbes movie

This review of The Imaginary is timed to the film’s festival premiere at France’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival. The film will stream on Netflix in America starting on July 5. The ...