Imaginary
Directed by Jeff WadlowWhen Jessica moves back into her childhood home with her family, her youngest stepdaughter, Alice, finds a stuffed bear named Chauncey. As Alice's behavior becomes more and more concerning, Jessica intervenes only to realize that Chauncey is much more than the stuffed toy bear she believed him to be.
Cast of Imaginary
Imaginary Ratings & Reviews
- Pokit the phoxJuly 6, 2025Scruffy bear plus creepy lady plus twisty ending equals 3 tail wags.
- jackmeatJune 29, 2025My quick rating - 4.4/10. I probably should have left Imaginary right where it was, languishing on my watchlist, gathering digital dust. Instead, I pressed play, and Chauncey the murderous Build-A-Bear is now seared into my brain for all the wrong reasons. Let’s start with that promising title: Imaginary. You’d think, “Hey, maybe they’ll get clever with psychological horror, blur the lines of reality, give us something fresh.” Nope. Turns out the only thing imaginary here is the script’s creativity. This is about as generic as your standard off-brand breakfast cereal: we get the haunted house with a conveniently tragic backstory, a kid with complex family baggage, and a stuffed bear that occasionally creaks its neck like it needs a chiropractor. The plot waddles along slower than Chauncey’s little plush legs. It takes forever to get anywhere even remotely interesting. We spend half the movie watching Jessica (DeWanda Wise) fret over her stepdaughter Alice’s new imaginary BFF, while everyone else stands around delivering painfully explanatory dialogue. You know, in case you’re incapable of piecing together that a demonic teddy might be a bad sign. When the scares finally arrive, they’re mostly loud noises designed to make you spill your popcorn. True dread? Actual horror? Not so much. The “big” twists broadcast themselves like they’re holding neon signs. If you couldn’t predict where this was headed by minute 25, congrats, you probably are Chauncey. I’ll give the filmmakers a reluctant gold star for trying something visually fun with the Escher-style nightmare realm. Those impossible staircases and weird geometric corridors were legitimately cool for about 90 seconds. Unfortunately, the film’s tiny effects budget becomes glaringly obvious, like it was all spent on renting a fog machine and buying that one CGI model of twisting hallways off a discount asset site. By the time the climax limps across the finish line, it’s clear nobody in the editing bay had the energy left to give us a memorable ending. It’s the cinematic equivalent of leaving a “To be continued…” sign on a story you never planned to revisit. The credits roll, and you’re left sitting there thinking, “Wait, that’s it? Chauncey doesn’t even get a final menacing wave goodbye?” Look, there are worse ways to waste 100 minutes—like attending a motivational seminar hosted by your weird uncle, but Imaginary is still a soft 4.4/10 from me. If you’re brave enough to face predictable scares, flat exposition, and a bear that’s somehow both cute and aggressively underwhelming, by all means, hit play. Otherwise, let Chauncey hibernate at the bottom of your queue where he belongs.
- UniqueMovies Deb HJune 20, 2025Two friends shared Thier movies with me, and I tried watching this movie from both of Thier profiles and it kept going to error. Very frustrating! But what I did see, this movie is Outstanding and worth the watch 👍 Maybe someone else on Plex will get Imaginary and I will try to watch it again. So I missed the ending 😢😢😢
- RyezooFebruary 4, 2025This might be a bad movie but it’s gotta lot of good ideas and things going on. The cord with the bear was by far the funniest and best scene. The old lady character was just awful. The acting from the main character was good, even though a little over the top because the script wasn’t strong enough to support it. I doubt I’ll remember this movie a week from now, but it was a harmless watch.
- parktool69December 1, 2024heebie jeebies
