Daniel Isn't Real

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Daniel Isn't Real (2019)

NR 2019-12-06 (US) Horror, Mystery 1h 41m

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Overview

After witnessing traumatic violence as an 8-year-old boy, Luke creates an imaginary friend named Daniel who leads him into a world of fantasy allowing him to escape. After Daniel tricks Luke into doing something terrible, Luke is forced to lock Daniel away and forget his only friend.

Adam Egypt Mortimer

Director, Screenplay
Brian DeLeeuw

Novel, Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Miles Robbins

Luke Nightingale
Patrick Schwarzenegger

Daniel
Sasha Lane

Cassie
Mary Stuart Masterson

Claire
Chukwudi Iwuji

Dr. Cornelius Braun
Hannah Marks

Sophie
Chase Sui Wonders

Makayla
Katie Chang

Barista
Jamar Greene

Campus Security Guard
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A review by SWITCH.

70%

Written by SWITCH. on December 10, 2019

‘Daniel Isn’t Real’ (based off of Brian DeLeeuw’s novel ‘In This Way I Was Saved’) shares a lot of similarities with David Fincher's ‘Fight Club’, which followed a powerless office worker who happens to meet an assertive friend who helps him become more confident only for everything to get out of hand. I also kept thinking of Curtis Hanson’s underrated ‘Bad Influence’ with James Spader and Rob Lowe, Robert Mulligan’s ‘The Other’, Gregory Hoblit's 'Fallen', and Brad Anderson's 'Session 9'.

‘Daniel Isn’t Real’ is a slickly directed, spooky and surprisingly empathetic film about the monsters th... read the rest.

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