Who’s in it: Robert De Niro, Dakota Fanning, Famke Janssen
What it’s about: A father (De Niro) discovers his 9-year-old daughter (Fanning) has come up with an unexpected and terrifying way of dealing with her mother’s death through an imaginary friend named Charlie, and her father soon realizes that Charlie isn’t make-believe.
Worth watching? (star)
“Despite the fact that a great many people at my screening were continuously laughing throughout the movie, the filmmakers seem to be sincere in their attempts to create some kind of twisty M. Night Shyamalan thriller. No dice. The premise is slight, the execution inept, and the final revelation both facile and obvious.”
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