Imagine That
Imagine That
Eddie Murphy stars as a financial executive who suddenly realises that his daughter's imagination can bring him success.
1.6 out of 5 based on 10 reviews
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Omniscore:
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| Certificate |
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| Genre |
Comedy |
| Director |
Karey Kirkpatrick |
| Cast |
Bobb'e J. Thompson, Thomas Haden Church, James Patrick Stuart, Nicole Ari Parker, Vanessa Williams, Yara Shahidi Eddie Murphy |
| Studio |
Paramount Pictures UK |
| Release Date |
August 2009 |
| Running Time |
107 minutes |
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Reviews
Empire Magazine
Chris Hewitt
"Imagine this... an Eddie Murphy comedy that is neither offensive nor offensively bad."
17/08/2009
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Channel 4 Film
Daniel Eyherington
"Short of laughs, sense and morality, this is an awkward, peculiar, peculiarly American, endeavour."
17/08/2009
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The Times
Toby Young
"Imagine That finds Eddie Murphy wheeling out his usual schtick in another family comedy. Mercifully, he plays only one character, meaning that we don’t get to see him in a fat suit this time, but it’s hardly a return to form."
14/08/2009
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Total Film
Ken McIntyre
"It’s a novel premise, but an unworkable one; smaller kids may warm to the extended bouts of daddy-daughter make-believe (intriguingly pixel-free), but not the swathes of corporate politics. Ponderous pacing and predictable conscience-finding hardly help."
23/07/2009
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The Sunday Express
Henry Fitzherbert
"Eddie Murphy seems resigned to starring in second-rate family entertainment, judging by his pained expression throughout Imagine That, a well-meaning but tired father-daughter comedy."
16/08/2009
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The Independent
Anthony Quinn
"How would it be if Eddie Murphy quit making trashy, ingratiating comedies and grew up? Imagine that."
14/08/2009
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Time Out
Trevor Johnston
"Murphy at least tries to stay in character rather than overdoing the silly voices and physical knockabout, but maybe the material was so blah that he felt it wasn’t worth the effort. "
13/08/2009
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The Observer
Philip French
"Murphy has only made one appearance of any consequence in the quarter-century since his first two films, 48 Hrs and Trading Places. In this characteristically laboured comedy, he mugs away as a workaholic investment adviser who uses his precocious, obnoxious six-year-old daughter's brilliant intuitions (derived from fairy stories she spins around her imaginary friends) to make accurate forecasts of stock movements."
16/08/2009
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The Daily Mail
Chris Tookey
"Bizarrely charmless and misconceived from start to finish, it represents yet another nail hammered into the coffin of Eddie Murphy's career. It's difficult to see any way back after yet another family film in which he fails to radiate anything resembling warmth."
16/08/2009
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