Imagine That: Critic Reviews

16%

MovieWeb: 2 reviews

39%

RottenTomatoes: 110 reviews

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Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

50

Imagine That is a benignly didactic kiddie movie that at once benefits from and gets buried under Eddie Murphy's skittery, overeager inflections.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Peter Bradshaw Guardian [UK] (Top Critic)

20

There really isn't a spark of genuine humour or life in the entire thing, and the movie grinds its way to a syrupy finale.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Claudia Puig USA Today (Top Critic)

50

It's too bad there's little to distinguish this predictable tale from any other comedy about an overly busy father who finally connects with his child.
Full Review » 3 years ago
John Anderson Washington Post (Top Critic)

A movie that takes a major step toward reasserting Murphy's place as the comic heir not just to such obvious models as Richard Pryor but to Groucho Marx.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Wesley Morris Boston Globe (Top Critic)

50

Eddie Murphy in another mediocre family comedy? Imagine that.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Nick Pinkerton Village Voice (Top Critic)

If memory serves, kiddies like whatever movie you drop them off at but, for the record, Drop Dead Fred remains the vastly superior film.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Joe Neumaier New York Daily News (Top Critic)

60

For the first time since The Nutty Professor, Eddie Murphy successfully mixes his adult and kid-film personas -- imagine that.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Joe Morgenstern Wall Street Journal (Top Critic)

Murphy rises to every occasion, not only with the crisp wit that has long been his hallmark, but with restraint and tenderness that serve him well.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Lisa Kennedy Denver Post (Top Critic)

50

Unfortunately, Evan's transformation rings tinny. The music guides us to the appropriate moods (This is magical! This is goofy!), because Murphy's performance doesn't.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

63

Imagine That is amusing without ever being break-out funny.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Gary Goldstein Chicago Tribune (Top Critic)

60

Fortunately, the picture's not-so-secret weapon, star Eddie Murphy, gives this uneven effort a reason for being.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Andrea Gronvall Chicago Reader (Top Critic)

Director Karey Kirkpatrick mines laughter from human fallibility, aided by a strong supporting cast that includes Martin Sheen as the boss and Thomas Haden Church as an office rival.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Carrie Rickey Philadelphia Inquirer (Top Critic)

63

Shahidi's and Murphy's scenes together have such warmth, tenderness, and joy that they elevate this cookie-cutter comedy into homemade fun.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Suzanne Condie Lambert Arizona Republic (Top Critic)

60

The actor's scenes with movie daughter Shahidi have an undeniable sweetness, and Shahidi is adorable in a role that easily could have seemed manipulative.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Joe Leydon Variety (Top Critic)

Arguably the most innocuous pic of Eddie Murphy's career to date, Imagine That is an undemandingly pleasant, mildly amusing fantasy.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Kyle Smith New York Post (Top Critic)

25

Cutesy? My pain was acutesy as the entire plot yawned before me.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Roger Moore Orlando Sentinel (Top Critic)

60

Murphy's goofy, bug-eyed hysterics seem played out and overly familiar.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Linda Barnard Toronto Star (Top Critic)

63

Here's a summer movie that kids will laugh at and parents can take them to without worrying about sex, violence, language or projectile vomiting jokes.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Liam Lacey Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

50

Given the movie's early creative promise, the ending is disappointingly trite.
Full Review » 3 years ago
James Berardinelli ReelViews (Top Critic)

25

I laughed once during Imagine That's interminable 107 minutes, and the longer I watched Murphy's desperate, embarrassing attempts at provoking laughter, the worse I felt.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Kirk Honeycutt Hollywood Reporter (Top Critic)

Eddie Murphy and young Yara Shahidi make a strong comic pair in this amusing family film.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Christy Lemire Associated Press (Top Critic)

It's based on a clever premise and it makes good use of Murphy's comic strengths.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Mark Kermode BBC Radio Five Live

Full Review » 1 year ago
Sam Bathe Fan The Fire

40

You might chuckle a couple of times, but it is literally a couple, and that's nowhere near enough humour, especially for kids.
Full Review » 2 years ago
Anders Wotzke Cut Print Review

10

[Murphy] continues to treat his career like it were a game of limbo, as Imagine That sees the once gifted comedian stoop to a horrendous new low.
Full Review » 3 years ago