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IF is a 2024 American live-action animated fantasy comedy film written, produced, and directed by John Krasinski. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Cailey Fleming, Ryan Reynolds, Krasinski, Fiona Shaw, Alan Kim, and Liza Colón-Zayas, along with the voices of Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Louis Gossett Jr., and Steve Carell. Its plot follows a young girl and her neighbor who find themselves able to see imaginary friends. Development of the film began in 2019, with Krasinski set to write and direct and Reynolds attached to star. The rest of the cast joined between October 2021 and January 2022, and filming took place in the UK between August of that year and May 2023. IF was theatrically released by Paramount Pictures in the United States on May 17, 2024. The film received mixed reviews from critics and has grossed $65 million worldwide. Plot 12-year-old Bea moves into her grandmother Margaret's apartment in New York while her father waits for heart surgery in the same hospital where her mother died of cancer years earlier. One night, Bea goes out to buy a charger for her mother's old camcorder and sees a strange creature, following it back to her grandmother's building. The next day, she sees the creature again, accompanied by a man. Bea follows them to a nearby house where the man, Cal, retrieves a large furry purple creature named Blue. She also meets the other creature, a butterfly-like being named Blossom, and faints. She awakens in Cal's apartment where she learns that he has been working with imaginary friends, nicknamed IFs, to place them with new children as their original children have grown up and forgotten them. Initially reluctant, Bea eventually decides to help Cal. The next day, Cal takes Bea to Memory Lane Retirement Home, a retirement community for IFs housed underneath a swing in Coney Island. There, he introduces Bea to Lewis, an elderly teddy bear who is the head of the facility. He inspires Bea to use her imagination to redesign the facility, much to the chagrin of Cal. Motivated by a young boy named Benjamin that she met at the hospital, Bea tries to match one of the IFs with him. She, Cal, and Lewis audition the IFs, but sadly, he is unable to see any of them. Feeling unmotivated, Bea talks with Lewis on the Coney Island pier. He gives her an idea that maybe IFs do not need new kids, but rather to reunite with their old ones. Talking with her grandmother, she sees a picture of her as a young dancer and recognizes Blossom in the background of the picture. Realizing Blossom was her grandmother's IF, Bea decides to test Lewis' idea. Playing one of her grandmother's records inspires Margaret to dance and she remembers Blossom, instilling Bea with hope. Following a tip, Bea, Cal, and Blue find Blue's original kid, Jeremy, now a grown man trying to launch a business. Though their initial attempt fails, Bea and Cal succeed in reminding Jeremy of Blue and reuniting them, giving Jeremy the confidence he needs to nail a presentation. After saying goodbye to Blue, Bea returns home that evening, to find a frantic Margaret telling her that something went wrong with her father's operation. Bea rushes upstairs to Cal, who comforts her. When Bea says she doesn't want to say goodbye to her dad, Cal tells her to tell him a story instead. At the hospital, Bea tells her father of how she tried to be a grown-up but her father kept trying to bring fun into her life and that she still needs him, which wakes him up. Bea goes to tell her grandmother and realizes that the IFs have vanished. Bea goes upstairs to thank Cal, but no one answers the door. The landlady hears Bea knocking and reveals that the door opens into an old storage room. After her dad is released from the hospital, Bea and her dad pack up to go back home. While packing her things in the car, Bea finds an old picture she painted of her, her parents and a clown named Calvin. She suddenly realizes that Cal is her own IF, forgotten after the death of her mother. She closes her eyes and remembers, restoring her ability to see IFs, and reuniting with Cal. After they leave, Margaret asks Blossom if the two of them should go inside, causing Blossom to realize Margaret can see her. Some time later, Cal begins reuniting the IFs with their original kids, now grown up. Benjamin meets his IF, a cartoonish dragon with glasses. Bea and her father return home, where he trips over Keith, his invisible imaginary friend. Cast Cailey Fleming as Bea, a young girl who can see IFs Ryan Reynolds as Cal, Bea's neighbor who can also see IFs John Krasinski as Bea's dad Fiona Shaw as Margaret, Bea's grandmother Alan Kim as Benjamin, a boy recuperating in the hospital Liza Colón-Zayas as Janet Bobby Moynihan as Jeremy Catharine Daddario as Bea's mom Voices Production In October 2019, Paramount Pictures outbid Lionsgate and Sony, among others, to win the rights to Imaginary Friends, a project developed by John Krasinski and Ryan Reynolds, with Krasinski set to write and direct it. In May 2021, Krasinski's Sunday Night Productions and Reynolds's Maximum Effort signed first-look deals with Paramount. In October 2021, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Fiona Shaw joined the cast. In January 2022, Steve Carell, Alan Kim, Cailey Fleming, and Louis Gossett Jr. joined the cast, with the film retitled IF. The film reunites Krasinski and Carell, who both starred in The Office (2005–2013) as Michael and Jim. In August 2022, Bobby Moynihan was added to the cast. Brad Pitt signed on to voice an invisible imaginary friend called Keith. Though the character had no dialogue, Pitt was still credited for the role. Principal photography began on August 31, 2022, with Janusz Kamiński as cinematographer, and wrapped by early May 2023. Animation director Arslan Elver and VFX supervisor Chris Lawrence worked alongside Krasinski on set and during pre- and post-production. Framestore provided the visual effects and animation. Michael Giacchino composed the film's score. The film features the first posthumous performance by Louis Gossett Jr. who died before its release. The film is dedicated to his memory. Release IF was released by Paramount Pictures in France on May 8, 2024, and later in the United States on May 17, 2024, after its originally scheduled release date of November 17, 2023 was first pushed to May 24, 2024 and then shifted forward by one week. Reception Box office As of May 21, 2024, IF has grossed $39 million in the United States and Canada and $24 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $63 million. In the United States and Canada, IF was released alongside The Strangers: Chapter 1 and Back to Black, and was originally projected to gross around $40 million from 4,041 theaters in its opening weekend. After making $10.3 million on its first day (including $1.8 million from Thursday night previews), weekend estimates were lowered to $30 million. It went on to debut to $33.7 million, topping the box office. In France, t.... Discover the Allyson Shaw popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Allyson Shaw books.