A troubled college freshman resurrects his imaginary friend to help him cope with a violent trauma.
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Miles Robbins
Luke Nightingale
Patrick Schwarzenegger
Daniel
Sasha Lane
Cassie
Mary Stuart Masterson
Claire
Hannah Marks
Sophie
Chukwudi Iwuji
Dr. Cornelius Braun
Peter McRobbie
Percy Thigpen
Chase Sui Wonders
Makayla
Katie Chang
Barista
Michael Cuomo
James
Director
Adam Egypt Mortimer
Screenplay
Brian DeLeeuw
Tagline
"The mind will do anything to avoid confronting just how alone it is in the universe."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Revenue
$75,407
Production
SpectreVision
SWITCH.
December 10, 2019
‘Daniel Isn’t Real’ (based off of Brian DeLeeuw’s novel ‘In This Way I Was Saved’) shares a lot of similarities with David Fincher's ‘Fight Club’, which followed a powerless office worker who happens to meet an assertive friend who helps him become more confident only for everything to get out of hand. I also kept thinking of Curtis Hanson’s underrated ‘Bad Influence’ with James Spader and Rob Low...
Filipe Manuel Neto
December 19, 2022
**It's not original, it's not remarkable, but it was a pretty decent job considering the budget and people involved.** This is another one of those movies that I caught, by chance, starting on TV, and that I decided to watch. So I didn't have high expectations nor did I know exactly what I was going to find. When it was over, I can say that I reasonably liked what I saw: it intelligently explor...
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