As a director, John Krasinski is thought primarily for making bleak horror films; his A Quiet Place sequence have turn into a serious franchise, and turned Krasinski from a likable TV star into a serious mainstream filmmaker. But after all, Krasinski was first recognized for TV and comedy. So his new film, IF, is probably much less of a swerve than it may appear.
In it, Krasinski groups with Ryan Reynolds for a household movie that Krasinski himself each wrote and directed. It begins with the notion that children’ imaginary pals are actual, and proceeds from there with this query: What occurs to children’ imaginary pals after they cease imagining them? (In this case, “IF” is an acronym for “imaginary friend.”)
You can get a way of what occurs subsequent within the trailer under:
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Here is the movie’s official synopsis:
From author and director John Krasinski, IF is a couple of woman who discovers that she will be able to see everybody’s imaginary pals — and what she does with that superpower — as she embarks on a magical journey to reconnect forgotten IFs with their children. IF stars Ryan Reynolds, John Krasinski, Cailey Fleming, Fiona Shaw, and the voices of Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Louis Gossett Jr. and Steve Carell alongside many extra because the splendidly distinctive characters that replicate the unimaginable energy of a kid’s creativeness.
The YouTube description of this video mentions that it additionally comes from “the studio trought you Annihilation.” What? That was a disturbing sci-fi horror film. This is (seemingly) an enthralling kids’s movie. Is it secretly a disturbing sci-fi horror film? Do the IFs activate the people in some unspecified time in the future? Do the IFs come from the Shimmer???
IF is scheduled to open in theaters on May 17, 2024.
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