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This is a fairly likable family comedy.

-Ben MankiewiczFull Review

[A] misguided, poorly executed family disaster.

-Ben LyonsFull Review

Cutesy? My pain was acutesy as the entire plot yawned before me.

-Kyle SmithFull Review

Fortunately, the picture's not-so-secret weapon, star Eddie Murphy, gives this uneven effort a reason for being.

-Gary GoldsteinFull Review

Imagine That has a few nagging problems, none of which is Eddie Murphy's fault.

-Amy BiancolliFull Review

Given the movie's early creative promise, the ending is disappointingly trite.

-Liam LaceyFull Review

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.

-Lisa KennedyFull Review

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.

-Andrea GronvallFull Review

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.

-Linda BarnardFull Review

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.

-Joe MorgensternFull Review

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.

-John AndersonFull Review

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.

-Claudia PuigFull Review

Shahidi's and Murphy's scenes together have such warmth, tenderness, and joy that they elevate this cookie-cutter comedy into homemade fun.

-Carrie RickeyFull Review

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.

-James BerardinelliFull Review

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.

-Suzanne Condie LambertFull Review

For the first time since The Nutty Professor, Eddie Murphy successfully mixes his adult and kid-film personas -- imagine that.

-Joe NeumaierFull Review

Eddie Murphy in another mediocre family comedy? Imagine that.

-Wesley MorrisFull Review

Imagine That is amusing without ever being break-out funny.

-Roger EbertFull Review

Murphy's goofy, bug-eyed hysterics seem played out and overly familiar.

-Roger MooreFull Review

Imagine That is a benignly didactic kiddie movie that at once benefits from and gets buried under Eddie Murphy's skittery, overeager inflections.

-Owen GleibermanFull Review

If memory serves, kiddies like whatever movie you drop them off at but, for the record, Drop Dead Fred remains the vastly superior film.

-Nick PinkertonFull Review

It's based on a clever premise and it makes good use of Murphy's comic strengths.

-Christy Lemire

Arguably the most innocuous pic of Eddie Murphy's career to date, Imagine That is an undemandingly pleasant, mildly amusing fantasy.

-Joe LeydonFull Review

Eddie Murphy and young Yara Shahidi make a strong comic pair in this amusing family film.

-Kirk Honeycutt


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