Film critic Jonathan Sim's review of IF, a fantasy comedy movie directed by John Krasinski starring Ryan Reynolds and Cailey Fleming.
, a fantasy comedy movie about a young girl named Bea who begins to see people’s imaginary friends . Accompanied by a neighbor named Cal , she sets out to reunite the IFs with the kids who had previously abandoned them. Krasinski is a shining example of an actor-turned-director who has managed to create an incredible career. His previous two movies were the A Quiet Place films, which were dark horror thrillers.
Bea is the character we latch onto. We see the world through her eyes and are almost always in her perspective. She puts on a brave face and accepts the sadness that comes with life, creating a strong contrast between her and her father. IF has a strong sense of the little moments that make kids kids, while also finding ways to take those moments and flip them on their heads.
Krasinski also manages to make the New York City setting a key aspect of the movie. Cal and Bea take the subway to Coney Island, a place that many people from NYC have nostalgia for from their childhoods. They enter the world of the IFs, and we get a sense of the beautiful world Krasinski and his production designers crafted. He wants to emulate the feeling of stepping into Hogwarts or Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory for the first time.
IF feels a lot like a live-action Pixar movie. Like those movies, we have whimsical wonder and colorful characters, but everything is grounded in a deeper, more emotional story. Michael Giacchino, who previously scored Pixar movies like Up, The Incredibles, and Ratatouille, brings a lot of those fun mannerisms here. Krasinski also teams with Steven Spielberg’s go-to cinematographer, Janusz Kamiński, to create a gorgeous-looking movie.
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