Was this a John Krasinski vanity project or a Ryan Reynolds vanity project? Why not both!
While dealing with her dad in hospital a young girl (she's 12... is she a kid? is she a young adult? the movie goes back and forth depending on the emotion of the scene) finds some Imaginary Friends and tries to help them. Which no-one questions what's going on, or why this young girl suddenly turns up all over the place.
John Krasinski is in total sweet mode here, being the dad as well as writer and director (the mum dying was pretty much telegraphed during the opening montage, so I wasn't surprised she didn't make it). Ryan Reynolds is very much trying to be a kid friendly star here, with lots of slapstick and schtick to have something he can show kids that isn't just him swearing... and nearly does it. Cailey Fleming has the star role and she's fine.
And there's, of course, a whole slew of big names as voices of the IFs, because recording lines in a booth is pretty easy work in comparison. And let's have a shout out for the CGI crew that put everything together for the screen.
It's fine, but it's no Drop Dead Fred... and yeah, I saw the twist coming a mile away...
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