Starring: Ryan Reynolds, John Krasinski, Cailey Fleming, Steve Carell, Fiona Shaw, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Louis Gossett Jr., Alan Kim, Liza Colón-Zayas, Bobby Moynihan, Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Maya Rudolph, Vince Vaughn, Sam Rockwell
OUR RATING: ★★★☆☆
Story: Fantasy family comedy written and directed by John Krasinski. IF (2024) centers on a young girl, Bea (Cailey Fleming), who after going through a difficult experience, begins to see people’s imaginary friends who have been left behind after their real-life friends have grown up.
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Best Funny and Emotional Quotes from IF
Bea: The most important stories we have to tell are the ones we tell ourselves.
Bea: Sometimes life doesn’t always have to be fun.
Dad: One day it’s going to make a hell of a story.
Bea: What? Living in New York?
Dad: Being a kid.
Benjamin: I fall a lot. This time I broke my leg and my coxxyx? Cozzyx? No. My cowzyx? Cozmokyx? You know, I just broke my butt.
Bea: Who are you?
Blue: What do you mean? I’m Blue!
Bea: But you’re purple.
Blue: Oh! Yeah. Well, he was color-blind, so.
Bea: Who was?
Blue: Well, my kid! Remember?
Blossom: [referring to Blue] He’s the most adorable train wreck, but a train wreck nonetheless.
Bea: So, are there more of you?
Cal: Say no!
Blossom: Yes.
Bea: An imaginary friend?
Blossom: IF. We say “IF”.
Blue: Get it? Imaginary. Friend. But also like what IF? Like anything’s possible!
Blossom: [referring to Bea] Her eyes look like they might melt out of her head.
Blossom: Happy place! Happy place!
Blue: Oh, coffee and croissants. Coffee and croissants.
Bea: What are you anyway?
Blue: An IF.
Bea: I know that. But what?
Blue: I don’t know.
Bea: What is happening to me?
Blue: You are the chosen one.
Cal: Nope! Nope. Let’s not give her a complex. She’s already enough of a spark plug as it is.
Blue: You could save all of us!
Bea: All of who? And don’t say IFs.
Cal: [as Blue is straining to say “IFs”] You should probably let him say it, or I think his head may actually explode.
Bea: Fine.
Blue: I-I-I-I-I-I-F-F-F-F-Fs! Thank you.
Blossom: Look, there’s nothing we want more than to be with our own kids. But our kids, they’ve forgotten about us. So we need new ones.
Bea: You need help.
Cal: You have no idea how true that statement is. But not in the way that you’re thinking.
Bea: You’re leaving me alone?
Cal: You’re never really alone! Thought that was obvious by now.
Cal: You sure you want to do this? Because there’s no telling who’s behind that door today.
Bea: Are any of them scary?
Cal: Worse. Desperate.
Slime: Last week I was feeling pretty good, and then this week, I don’t know what happened! I just started falling apart!
Magician Mouse: Listen, Doc. I’m paying good cash, and this slime ball’s taking up all the time.
Ice: Doc, I got a question. Is it possible that kids are just the worst?
Cal: I’m starting to see why I live alone.
Cal: [as he trips over] Keith! What kind of kid creates an invisible IF?
Lewis: This place can be anything you want it to be. All you need is a little imagination.
Cal: Well, that was the weirdest job interview I’ve ever been a part of.
Cal: I’m not going to ask you again. Put some pants on. You’re freaking everyone out.
Robot: They kept building me and and rebuilding me. You know what I mean? But we never got lasers to shoot out of my eyes!
Cal: [as gummy bear farts] Wow. My eyes can taste it.
Gummy Bear: I’m so sorry.
Cal: [to Bea] You don’t taste that in your eyeballs?
Ice: In the beginning, I thought, what if he created me as some kind of metaphor? I mean, it’s possible that he could be like a legit genius, right? Wrong. It was Arizona, and he was just thirsty. And here we are!
Cal: Don’t look him in the eye.
Bea: Which one?
Cal: [referring to Burning Marshmallow’s melting eye] You know damn well which one.
Ice: [as Blue is about to drink the water Ice is in] Okay. You saw this? You see this! Because this is my life in a nutshell. Okay?
Lewis: Nothing you love can ever be forgotten.
Lewis: Memories. They live forever. Right there in your heart. Sometimes you just need to find a way to invite them out.
Bea: So what happened?
Grandmother: Oh, my dear girl, I grew up. Too tall. Too awkward. And too old. I mean, let’s be honest, who wants to see an old woman dance?
Bea: My grandmother. You’re her IF.
Blossom: Well, of course I am. Devilish style, adorable accent. I’m surprised it wasn’t obvious, to be honest.
Cal: I wouldn’t say that public bathrooms are my worst nightmare, but they’re definitely up there in the top one.
Blue: I need to throw up. Or I need a snack. It’s one of the two.
Bea: [as she’s telling her story to her dad] This magical person that, no matter how hard she tried to push away, no matter how hard she tried to grow up, he wouldn’t let her. He would just keep holding on to her tighter and tighter. And the funny thing is, that’s the only place she truly feels safe. It’s the only place she ever wants to be.
Bea: [to Cal after finding out he is her IF] It was you. It was always you. And I’m so sorry that I didn’t remember sooner. You’re probably thinking that I don’t need you anymore. That I’ve grown up. So I just had to come tell you that I’ll always need you. Especially when I grow up. All I have to do is close my eyes and it all comes rushing back.