Imaginary

2024 104 min ★ 5.9 Horror, Mystery

When Jessica moves back into her childhood home with her family, her youngest stepdaughter Alice develops an eerie attachment to a stuffed bear named Chauncey she finds in the basement. Alice starts playing games with Chauncey that begin playful and become increasingly sinister. As Alice’s behavior becomes more and more concerning, Jessica intervenes only to realize Chauncey is much more than the stuffed toy bear she believed him to be.

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Cast

DeWanda Wise

Jessica

Taegen Burns

Taylor

Pyper Braun

Alice

Betty Buckley

Gloria

Tom Payne

Max

Veronica Falcón

Dr. Alana Soto

Samuel Salary

Ben

Matthew Sato

Liam

Alix Angelis

Samantha

Wanetah Walmsley

Barbara

Details

Director

Jeff Wadlow

Tagline

"Meet Chauncey. He's not imaginary. And he's not your friend."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$10,000,000

Revenue

$43,778,760

Production

Blumhouse Productions, Tower of Babble Entertainment, Lionsgate

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

March 13, 2024

★ 5/10

Anyone remember an half-naked Tom Payne getting pulled into a barrel of hookers by Stellan Skarsgård in "the Physician" (2013)? That vision might just have forgiven this film had he featured a bit more, but clearly he had read the derivative script and decided it only merited one filming day - hence he hardly features at all. What does feature is the usual dysfunctional family malarkey with him ne...

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r96sk

March 14, 2024

★ 5/10

Pyper Braun merits praise, <em>'Imaginary'</em> otherwise falls flat. I was never locked into the story and I didn't really care for the characters at any point, even Braun's Alice isn't all that interesting despite a rather great performance from the young actress. DeWanda Wise is a bit dull, while Tom Payne disappoints somewhat - I mean he only has a small role, sure, but his acting is unconv...