Summary

• The official trailer for IF movie has been released.
• The movie follows a girl with the ability to see abandoned imaginary friends.
• IF was directed by John Krasinski and features a star-studded cast including Ryan Reynolds, Steve Carell, and Emily Blunt.

The official trailer for IF has arrived. The new movie is the latest directorial effort from A Quiet Place director and The Office star John Krasinski, who also wrote the screenplay. It follows the adventures of a young girl who discovers that she can see imaginary friends whose kids have grown up and left them behind. The star-studded cast includes Krasinski, Ryan Reynolds, and the voices of Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Steve Carell, Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Maya Rudolph, Vince Vaughn, Sam Rockwell, and Awkwafina.

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The trailer opens with an ominous scene of Ryan Reynolds watching a giant purple monster (Steve Carell) emerging from a closet. While Reynolds' character tries to prevent Cailey Fleming's character from seeing the creature, she begins to see others as well, and they must embark on an adventure to save the world's abandoned imaginary friends. A teaser poster for the movie has also been revealed, and can be viewed below:

Everything the Trailer Has Revealed About IF

The trailer offers a great deal of insight into the story and tone of IF. This includes the fact that the acronym in the title is the official term used to describe imaginary friends and is indeed pronounced like "if." As Reynolds and Fleming embark on their journey, it seems that they also encounter a variety of strange Mary Poppins-esque worlds as they find themselves opening up to experience more joy and wonder in their lives.

It's also clear that Reynolds is bringing the same sardonic charm that has propelled him to superstardom through movies including Deadpool, Pokémon: Detective Pikachu, and Red Notice. This provides an important counterpoint to the imaginary friends, who have a much broader, gentler, and goofier comic sensibility since they were born from children's imaginations. It's not yet entirely clear what his character's relationship to Fleming's character is, but his character does specifically say he lived alone at the beginning of the movie, which indicates the character's arc toward softness and kindness that lies ahead of him.

Overall, it seems that IF brings Krasinski back to the realm of pure comedy (as opposed to dramedy), something that he hasn't done as a director since he helmed three The Office episodes between 2010 and 2012. While he's held voice roles in recent animated comedies, this will also be his first live-action role in a comedy since The Office ended in 2013. Given this belated return to the genre, however different the movie may be from the workplace sitcom, it makes perfect sense that he would be re-teaming with his Office co-star Steve Carell as a victory lap.

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