Although the central promise - the adult return of a childhood imaginary friend - is hardly original, Daniel Isn't Real certainly punches above its weight both in terms of ideas and execution. The consideration of what becomes of a forcibly abandoned part of the human psyche makes for an interesting story, with bold choices in characterisation, sparingly but effectively deployed visual effects and also use of camera in particular. Invested performances from the two leads (Miles Robbins and Patrick Schwarzenegger) and storytelling momentum maintained to the end, Daniel isn't Real shows that a bit of ambition and creativity can go far.
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