After the basement-bear horrors of Imaginary, along comes John Krasinski’s more family-friendly ode to childhood fantasy. Warm and well-intentioned but frankly sappy, IF centres on Bea (Cailey Fleming), a tween who lost her mother in early childhood and is now bravely facing her father’s upcoming heart surgery.
As if that weren’t enough to deal with, quirky animal/food/toy characters that apparently only Bea can see (like Phoebe Waller-Bridges’ creepy ant-girl Blossom) have started making trouble around her. A possible solution arises when grumpy, wisecracking neighbour Cal (Ryan Reynolds) - who shares Bea’s ability - co-opts her into matchmaking the needy IFs (Imaginary Friends) with new kids to replace their grown ones.
