I went into "If" with high expectations. I am a huge fan of most of the cast, and I think John Krasinski is a competent director.
About 30 minutes into watching this, I realized it wasn't going to have the broad, universal appeal of many films in this genre. It's extremely sad in parts, and then shifts to total silliness, then back to sad again. Films can be a lot of things at different times, but it was sort of whiplash here going from silly to sad and back again.
I was really looking forward to Steve Carrell's reunion with Krasinski, and that was all sort of an overblown letdown here. Steve's "Blue" character is basically a beanbag chair with eyes and emotions. He had almost zero impact on the film, in fact he really didn't even have that many lines at all.
The writing in this film also isn't the best, there are times where ithe plot just sort of wanders.
There's a scene about 1/2 into this movie that I think showcases what I'm talking about. The main protagonist girl wanders into a retirement community for imaginary friends, and stuff just happens. It has no bearing on any of the rest of the plot whatsoever. Like the film got lost on its way to a purpose for existing.
Overall it was "fine" but it has absolutely zero replay value.
About 30 minutes into watching this, I realized it wasn't going to have the broad, universal appeal of many films in this genre. It's extremely sad in parts, and then shifts to total silliness, then back to sad again. Films can be a lot of things at different times, but it was sort of whiplash here going from silly to sad and back again.
I was really looking forward to Steve Carrell's reunion with Krasinski, and that was all sort of an overblown letdown here. Steve's "Blue" character is basically a beanbag chair with eyes and emotions. He had almost zero impact on the film, in fact he really didn't even have that many lines at all.
The writing in this film also isn't the best, there are times where ithe plot just sort of wanders.
There's a scene about 1/2 into this movie that I think showcases what I'm talking about. The main protagonist girl wanders into a retirement community for imaginary friends, and stuff just happens. It has no bearing on any of the rest of the plot whatsoever. Like the film got lost on its way to a purpose for existing.
Overall it was "fine" but it has absolutely zero replay value.