IF (I) (2024)
10/10
😢Sad..... So Sad 😢
11 May 2024
Just Got Out of a Screening of IF.

Such a Perfectly Calibrated Film Across All of the Aspects Of the Filmaking.

🏠📜 The intro, Build & Plotline - The opening "Shows you" and doesn't "Tell You" of the Tragedy. And then the rest of the build of the film is so well put together in this Slowly unfolding manner, about the IFs, the Plotline with Bea and her Role with the IFs, and also the Plotline of Bea and the Tragedy that hit her and then another trial(with the father) that is shaky and unsure of the outcome. The Reveal of Cal and what he was all along. It's just so good.

🎵 The Score - Again, another perfect calibration, Firstly, we have the Tone of the Score which exactly fits this particular film, and then Secondly we have the Use of the Score, Perfectly Placed When Needed and this Score NEVER outstays it's welcome.

😢The Tone of the Film - There's this Underlying Tone of Sadness Steeped within that's present throughout the Entirety of this Film. That's the Main Contents of the Tone, With Fits and Starts and Glimmers of Happiness.

💭 Imagination Segment - This was such a Great Segment, the Part when Bea Is told by the Bear to Use Her Imagination to Create Anything she wanted and Ryan Reynolds' character is constantly on the ropes 🤣😂 through the hallways and so on. It was Such an Excellent Segment.

💃The Dance Segment with the Grandmother - Such a Beautiful Segment, knowing her Story, and her describing the lighting and dust particles Whilst dancing when she was a Child and seeing her relive that Moment and Reconnect with her IF was Great to See.

🙋The Performances - Cailey Fleming who is Very Good Here, Ryan Reynolds, again Very Good, and then we have John Krasinski who certainly adds to the film.

🎭The IF designs - I really liked Blossom 🌼 and her Voice, Blue was ok 💜, and I really liked many of the Designs, Sunny 🌞, Unicorn 🦄, Robot🤖, Bubble💦, Art Teacher 🎨, Spaceman🌌, Ice Water🚱, Magician Mouse 🐁. All these particular Designs Mentioned, I really liked them.

💬 - The Speech that Bea Gives near the Very End in the Hospital. It was so Emotional. There were at least 2 people Sniffling in the Auditorium from what I could hear.

Overall, The Emotional Core Within the Film was So Strong.
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