Daniel Isn't Real
Daniel Isn't Real
NR
6.1
·

2019

·

101m

Daniel Isn't Real

Summary

A troubled college freshman resurrects his imaginary friend to help him cope with a violent trauma.

Director, Screenplay

Adam Egypt Mortimer

Novel, Screenplay

Brian DeLeeuw

Reviews

maketheSWITCH

maketheSWITCH

December 10, 2019

7

‘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 that dwell in the human mind. - Jake Watt

Read Jake's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-daniel-isnt-real-smart-and-sinister-psychological-horror

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$75,407.00

Keywords

therapist
photographer
artist
trauma
imaginary friend
therapy
mental illness
college student
trapped soul
trapped in a house
dissociative identity disorder
gay theme