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Daniel Isn't Real

A troubled college freshman, Luke, suffers a violent family trauma. He then resurrects his charismatic childhood imaginary friend Daniel to help him cope, not realizing how dangerous Daniel is.

Director

Adam Egypt Mortimer

Year

Genre

crime, drama, fantasy

Box Office

N/A

Production

SpectreVision,ACE Pictures Entertainment,Voltage Pictures

Awards

5 wins & 4 nominations

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Luke

Daniel

Patrick Schwarzenegger

Cassie

Claire

Mary Stuart Masterson

Sophie

Braun

Percy Thigpen

Richard

Andrew Herrera-Bridges

Young Luke

Griffin Robert Faulkner

Young Daniel

Nathan Chandler Reid

John Thigpen

Makayla

Chase Sui Wonders

Professor Abelard

Barista

James

Waterfront Security Guard

Cop

Campus Security Guard

Joelle

Demon at the party

FDNY

Coffee Shop Girl

Jacqueline Honulik

Party Goer

FDNY Paramedic

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Braun Luke Daniel

Three, two, one. - Daniel Isn't Real

Three, two, one.

Say, "Cheeseburger." Click. - Daniel Isn't Real

Say, "Cheeseburger." Click.

We are gonna be just fine.
Just you and me. - Daniel Isn't Real

We are gonna be just fine. Just you and me.

You have to press it down
while you turn it. - Daniel Isn't Real

You have to press it down while you turn it.

- What are these?
- They'll give your mum super powers. - Daniel Isn't Real

- What are these? - They'll give your mum super powers.

What did you do to me? - Daniel Isn't Real

What did you do to me?

Here, baby, take this key, - Daniel Isn't Real

Here, baby, take this key,

'I mean, you can do that
if you wanna do that, - Daniel Isn't Real

'I mean, you can do that if you wanna do that,

'Maybe you just need
to make some friends or something.' - Daniel Isn't Real

'Maybe you just need to make some friends or something....

'I'm not trying to be mean...' - Daniel Isn't Real

'I'm not trying to be mean...'

'I wanna see you.
Of course I wanna see you, but...' - Daniel Isn't Real

'I wanna see you. Of course I wanna see you, but......

A successful photograph
is not only about technical equipment. - Daniel Isn't Real

A successful photograph is not only about technical equipmen...

I expect you to really have
something... - Daniel Isn't Real

I expect you to really have something...

The most important thing
is the relationship - Daniel Isn't Real

The most important thing is the relationship

Sometimes it's the words. - Daniel Isn't Real

Sometimes it's the words.

Sometimes I feel like they speak to me.
There's messages in... in the books and... - Daniel Isn't Real

Sometimes I feel like they speak to me. There's message...

- ...a message in the...
- Mum, what happened to the mirror? - Daniel Isn't Real

- ...a message in the... - Mum, what happened to the mirror?

♪ What is it that you are doing here? - Daniel Isn't Real

♪ What is it that you are doing here?

♪ I know - Daniel Isn't Real

♪ I know - Daniel Isn't Real

'Get in!' - Daniel Isn't Real

'It's common for people
to see things that aren't real. - Daniel Isn't Real

'It's common for people to see things that aren�...

'Stress, alone, can do that.
I wouldn't worry.' - Daniel Isn't Real

'Stress, alone, can do that. I wouldn't worry....

My, er... my mum...
she doesn't really trust doctors. - Daniel Isn't Real

My, er... my mum... she doesn't really trust doctors.

She would not want me to be here. - Daniel Isn't Real

She would not want me to be here.

Er... I think it's been worse
since I... left home. - Daniel Isn't Real

Er... I think it's been worse since I... left home.

I mean, this is supposed to be the age
where you can start to... - Daniel Isn't Real

I mean, this is supposed to be the age where you can start t...

Er... sex and death, I guess. - Daniel Isn't Real

Er... sex and death, I guess.

But he also said, "Life is like
teaching Sanskrit to a pony." - Daniel Isn't Real

But he also said, "Life is like teaching Sanskrit to a ...

Have you ever seen things
like this before? - Daniel Isn't Real

Have you ever seen things like this before?

I had an imaginary friend
when I was a kid. - Daniel Isn't Real

I had an imaginary friend when I was a kid.

His name was Daniel,
and he was my best friend. - Daniel Isn't Real

His name was Daniel, and he was my best friend.

No. No, no, no. - Daniel Isn't Real

No. No, no, no.

Just, you know... kids' stuff. - Daniel Isn't Real

Just, you know... kids' stuff.

...maybe you shouldn't be afraid
of your imagination. - Daniel Isn't Real

...maybe you shouldn't be afraid of your imagination.

Maybe you should try to connect
with that part of yourself again. - Daniel Isn't Real

Maybe you should try to connect with that part of yourself a...

- Yo, what the fuck?
- Er... I didn't see you. - Daniel Isn't Real

- Yo, what the fuck? - Er... I didn't see you.

- Really? What?
- Yes, I'm fine. - Daniel Isn't Real

- Really? What? - Yes, I'm fine.

'You never miss the water
until the well runs dry.' - Daniel Isn't Real

'You never miss the water until the well runs dry.'...

'Look, Hilde, I only acted like any husband
that didn't wanna see his home broken up.' - Daniel Isn't Real

'Look, Hilde, I only acted like any husband that didn&#...

- Mum?
- Huh? - Daniel Isn't Real

- I'm fine!
- Mum, it's not fine. What's happening? - Daniel Isn't Real

- I'm fine! - Mum, it's not fine. What's happ...

- Jesus. What did you do?
- I can't... I can't look at this face. - Daniel Isn't Real

- Jesus. What did you do? - I can't... I can't loo...

I can't look...
I can't look at this face. - Daniel Isn't Real

I can't look... I can't look at this face.

Like you're any different. Ha-ha! - Daniel Isn't Real

Like you're any different. Ha-ha!

- I can't let you stay here.
- You can't let me stay here? - Daniel Isn't Real

- I can't let you stay here. - You can't let me st...

- Hold the blade to your throat.
- Let go. Let go. - Daniel Isn't Real

- Hold the blade to your throat. - Let go. Let go.

Oh, my beautiful boy.
My beautiful boy! - Daniel Isn't Real

Oh, my beautiful boy. My beautiful boy!

OK. We can... we can get
you help, Mum. It's OK. - Daniel Isn't Real

OK. We can... we can get you help, Mum. It's OK.

I didn't know that you'd be there...
after so long. - Daniel Isn't Real

I didn't know that you'd be there... after so long...

- My blade swings sharp, sire.
- Thy blade is a broom, Daniel. - Daniel Isn't Real

- My blade swings sharp, sire. - Thy blade is a broom, Danie...

"Symbolic Logic Strategies"...
Why would you study this shit? - Daniel Isn't Real

"Symbolic Logic Strategies"... Why would you study...

Last time I saw you, you were this kid
bursting with imagination. - Daniel Isn't Real

Last time I saw you, you were this kid bursting with imagina...

- Sorry it took me so long.
- Oh, I did not even notice. - Daniel Isn't Real

- Sorry it took me so long. - Oh, I did not even notice.

- Who is this?
- Are you always such a space cadet? - Daniel Isn't Real

- Who is this? - Are you always such a space cadet?

Er... let me get you a reward. - Daniel Isn't Real

Er... let me get you a reward.

I... just give me a second.
I have some... - Daniel Isn't Real

I... just give me a second. I have some...

I, er... I do photography sometimes. - Daniel Isn't Real

I, er... I do photography sometimes.

- My mum had an accident.
- With a chainsaw? - Daniel Isn't Real

- My mum had an accident. - With a chainsaw?

I've just been cleaning up and trying
to take my mind off of it, you know? - Daniel Isn't Real

I've just been cleaning up and trying to take my mind o...

I'm going to this opening tonight
at a space in Greenpoint. - Daniel Isn't Real

I'm going to this opening tonight at a space in Greenpo...

Bunch of different artists
and photographers. - Daniel Isn't Real

Bunch of different artists and photographers.

So you're a photographer now, huh? - Daniel Isn't Real

So you're a photographer now, huh?

That's because
I haven't been around, Luke. - Daniel Isn't Real

That's because I haven't been around, Luke.

- Think you can diffuse this one?
- What? No. - Daniel Isn't Real

- Think you can diffuse this one? - What? No.

Sorry. I just realised this place is full
of fucking bullshit-ass posers. - Daniel Isn't Real

Sorry. I just realised this place is full of fucking bullshi...

All the real artists
are either dead or broke, - Daniel Isn't Real

All the real artists are either dead or broke,

♪ Or am I just playing it cool? - Daniel Isn't Real

♪ Or am I just playing it cool?

I feel like I'm looking
for a phantom approval - Daniel Isn't Real

I feel like I'm looking for a phantom approval

Sometimes
I can't even remember - Daniel Isn't Real

Sometimes I can't even remember

I feel like, I don't know,
like I was born too late. - Daniel Isn't Real

I feel like, I don't know, like I was born too late.

It was an experiment,
one that clearly didn't work. - Daniel Isn't Real

It was an experiment, one that clearly didn't work.

It's... it's, er... it's, really good.
I like it a lot, actually. - Daniel Isn't Real

It's... it's, er... it's, really good. I like...

Well, er... that's good.
It's-it's melancholic, you know. - Daniel Isn't Real

Well, er... that's good. It's-it's melancholi...

Er... in a really good way. - Daniel Isn't Real

Er... in a really good way.

♪ The best of her love
she gives to someone else... ♪ - Daniel Isn't Real

♪ The best of her love she gives to someone else... ♪

I've never made anything.
I'm not an artist. - Daniel Isn't Real

I've never made anything. I'm not an artist.

'She's, like, the coolest person
I've ever met.' - Daniel Isn't Real

'She's, like, the coolest person I've ever me...

William Blake said his poetry
was a dictation from an archangel, - Daniel Isn't Real

William Blake said his poetry was a dictation from an archan...

I'm here because you're here.
I'm part of you. - Daniel Isn't Real

I'm here because you're here. I'm part of you...

No. Not insane, awake! - Daniel Isn't Real

No. Not insane, awake!

I bet you could get a phone number
from any girl at this party. - Daniel Isn't Real

I bet you could get a phone number from any girl at this par...

♪ Trust-fund kids don't come outside - Daniel Isn't Real

♪ Trust-fund kids don't come outside

She's smart, romantic. - Daniel Isn't Real

She's smart, romantic.

Think silver screen, "Pandora's Box". - Daniel Isn't Real

Think silver screen, "Pandora's Box".

This might sound weird,
but you have a real Louise Brooks vibe. - Daniel Isn't Real

This might sound weird, but you have a real Louise Brooks vi...

Louise Brooks,
she's, er... a silent film star. - Daniel Isn't Real

Louise Brooks, she's, er... a silent film star.

Yeah, the German classic
about a woman whose raw sexuality - Daniel Isn't Real

Yeah, the German classic about a woman whose raw sexuality

I watch films. I study psychology. - Daniel Isn't Real

I watch films. I study psychology.

OK, er... so then,
tell me what I'm thinking. - Daniel Isn't Real

OK, er... so then, tell me what I'm thinking.

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A troubled college freshman, Luke, suffers a violent family trauma. He then resurrects his charismatic childhood imaginary friend Daniel to help him cope, not realizing how dangerous Daniel is.

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Director: Adam Egypt Mortimer

Writer: Brian DeLeeuw, Adam Egypt Mortimer

Production: SpectreVision,ACE Pictures Entertainment,Voltage Pictures

Genre: crime, drama, fantasy

Year: 2019

MetaScore: 61/100

ImdbRating: 6.1

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 06 Dec 2019

Awards: 5 wins & 4 nominations

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Also watch: Tread, Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds, Cold Feet, The Borderlands, Hail Satan?, Run, We Are Still Here, Monos, Grosse Pointe Blank, The Dark and the Wicked, All Hallows' Eve, The Hater, Angel Heart, Ghost Stories, A Tale of Two Sisters, Freaks