Who could have guessed that John Krasinski would be so good at making horror movies?
So, obviously, spoiler below.
I read your review of IF.I know its bad.
You’ll be shocked to read about IF.Image: Paramount
I know what its about.
But you mention a Shyamalan twist and Id like to know what it is.
Jeez, fine, pushy.
Bea and Cal.Image: Paramount
Ryan Reynolds is the main girls imaginary friend.
That… thats it?
Because that seemed like adistinct possibility in the trailers.
Bea and Cal.Image: Paramount
Talk to me about these rules.
Thats the crucial bit.
So obviously Bea, the main girl, remembered him.
Cal is unhappy.Image: Paramount
So how can she see him?
Thats why it was so weird.
Maybe its because his IF form was a clown and here he just wears suspenders and wingtip shoes.
We’re not even going to get into this?Image: Paramount
Either way though, the reveal then opens up this whole other set of questions.
Yes, I got that.
I have some questions but I got that.
Bobby and his IF BlueImage: Paramount
While her dad is in the hospital.
While her grandma never asks what shes been up to.
Its both incredibly sad and wildly reckless.
Image: Paramount
But at least hes funny, right?
Ryan Reynolds as the imaginary friend who isnt really there.
How is that possible?
What do you mean?
Hes played by Ryan Reynolds.
And Ryan Reynolds is at his best when hes playing Ryan Reynolds.
The trailers make it look like hes doing that again.
Oh, he most certainly is not.
Yeah, so Cal is bitter.
He hangs around with an IF voiced by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, his only friend.
More than anything he just seems mad that he cant stop seeing these creatures everywhere.
He comes off as a very disturbed man.
Wow, I was not expecting that.
So then, like, why cast Ryan Reynolds?
This is a lot and weve still only discussed one aspect of the movie.
Trust me, I know, Im the one writing this.
Make it a good one.
Um… Do we ever find out why Bea can see all the IFs?
No, we dont.
Do they ever succeed in matching these old, forgotten IFs with new kids?
No, they dont.
Is it fun that all the IFs have super famous celebrity voices?
Kind of but they average like four lines each.
Thats a better question, but no we dont find out.
Ask about the grown-ups.
Yes, ask what happens with the grown-ups.
What happens with the grown-ups?
SO GLAD YOU ASKED!
Oh, that sounds good.
Make adults remember their childhoods, all that nostalgia stuff.
In theory, yes.
Thats what I thought too.
For Beas grandma, its music.
For Bobby Moynihans character, its baked goods.
And when that happens, the forgotten IFs light up like E.T..
Wait, Bobby Moynihan?
Never mind, well go with it.
I have to say, Im not hating this?
Yeah its not a bad idea.
What do you mean Thats it?
They light up and then nothing happens.
Do they die and ascend having once again served their purpose?
Do they at least help the grown-ups in some way?
They never actually talk.
They never talk or see each other?
thing happens early, no.
Its just deemed a success and glossed over.
Then it gets better.
Good better or bad better?
What do you think?
Well, thats sweet.
Were supposed to think that but, again, it doesnt make sense.
Does any of this make sense?
Not really but here again, Krasinski breaks his own rule.
He wrote these rules and still cant follow them.
Why didnt he just write different rules!?!?
Almost sounds like he was rushing to wrap up a bunch of extraneous stories hoping no one would care.
Which, at this point, is not a bad idea, to be honest.
I guess thats it then.
Except, well, Germain?
No, youre just me.
Makes about the same amount of sense.
Together: IF is now in theaters!
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