A troubled college freshman, Luke, suffers a violent family trauma. He then resurrects his charismatic childhood imaginary friend Daniel to help him cope, not realizing how dangerous Daniel ... Read allA troubled college freshman, Luke, suffers a violent family trauma. He then resurrects his charismatic childhood imaginary friend Daniel to help him cope, not realizing how dangerous Daniel is.A troubled college freshman, Luke, suffers a violent family trauma. He then resurrects his charismatic childhood imaginary friend Daniel to help him cope, not realizing how dangerous Daniel is.
- Awards
- 5 wins & 4 nominations total
Andrew David Bridges
- Richard
- (as Andrew Bridges)
Nathan Chandler Reid
- Young Daniel
- (as Nathan Reid)
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Rating this movie with the lowest score possible is just ridiculous. People should think a bit about it before rating movies, as a one star movie is just awful, almost unwatchable, and in this case Daniel Isn't Real is certainly watchable. I get it that not everybody will love it but just rate it honestly. If you like movies like Donnie Darko (2001) or Split (2016) you should enjoy this one as well. The other two mentioned are way better, no doubt about that, but Daniel Isn't Real has some good moments. The acting was good, really can't say anything bad about that even if I tried my best, the story is certainly entertaining to follow, the cinematography was way better than I expected it to be. Just do me a favor and rate your movies correctly, stop with those perfect tens for average movies, and certainly stop with insulting one star ratings for movies like this one.
Schwarzenegger crushed... you can see a bright future for his acting career... honestly if you like horror movies, you should give this a watch... you shouldnt even take reviewers who give out 1's and 10's seriously anyway... little bit of psychological horror, little bit of body horror, little bit of gore... nice combination to make a solid horror flick.
The actors do a good job with Patrick Schwarzenegger standing out. The directing is pushing the psychedelic button with the wannabe eary music and reddish and yellowish light effects a bit too much in my opinion but all in gets the point across. Not sure I'd have payed to see it at the movies as it has it's lengths and with a run time of 100 minutes it's pushing its luck. For those that like movies with mind tricks, dual personality issues and so forth, you'll find what you need here.
I rated this film a 7, fair, which isnt a 10 or a 1 which this film is neither of anyway. It's worth watching, good storyline, casting was good, directing was really good and maybe helped garner the rating for me, special effects were even fairly good, one scene in particular and several others were close. What docked the points was it felt a little rushed at times, some of the acting and scenarios were cheesy and seemed out of character, especially the doctor. The final solve seemed sort of pushed out and not pulled out with some logical investigative deducements. So then the end was a little hard to decipher and didnt really fit with the rest of the movies flow and style and here was also some very bad special effects happening that was distracting from the cohesiveness and melodic translation of the first 3/4 of the film. So its definitely worth a look, prepare to be pleased but not rocked, but also not skunked. It's only a fair movie but I think most thriller/horror/drama fans will agree.
The story is so different from what I expected. It is engaging, thrilling and scary. It is definitely worth a watch!
Did you know
- TriviaBoth stars' fathers are A-list Hollywood actors: Miles Robbins is the son of Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon, while Patrick Schwarzenegger is the son of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver.
- GoofsIn the finale when Luke is pulling Daniel off the edge of the roof, the face of the stuntman for Miles Robbins is visible.
- ConnectionsFeatured in FoundFlix: DANIEL ISN'T REAL (2019) Ending Explained (2022)
- SoundtracksWalk It Off
Written by Daniel DeBlanke & Sarah Ellquist
Performed by Lamb Shark
Courtesy of CAPP Records Inc. & Gravelpit Music
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- Daniel Gerçek Değil
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $75,407
- Runtime
- 1h 40m(100 min)
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- 2.39:1
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