Imagine That (film)
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| Directed by | Karey Kirkpatrick |
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| Music by | Mark Mancina |
| Cinematography | John Lindley |
| Edited by | David Moritz |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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107 minutes |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $55 million |
| Box office | $23 million |
Imagine That is a 2009 comedy film starring directed by Karey Kirkpatrick and written by Ed Solomon and Chris Matheson. It centers on the relationship between a workaholic father (Eddie Murphy) and his daughter, Olivia (Yara Shahidi), whose imaginary world becomes the solution to her father's success. The film was released on June 12, 2009 and was a box office failure and received mixed reviews from critics. Murphy was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor for his work in the film.
The film is a co-production between Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies. Because Hotel for Dogs was released by DreamWorks instead of Paramount, Paramount reunited with Nickelodeon Movies to co-produce the film.
Evan Danielson (Eddie Murphy) is a very successful financial advisor, who had been working at the same securities firm for eight years as their top account manager, that is until Johnny Whitefeather (Thomas Haden Church) was hired as his rival. Whitefeather seems to have the whole company under some spell as he spiels his nonsensical idioms filled with Native American mumbo jumbo. These top executives seem more content with chanting Indian style noises rather than listen to how they can make money through sound investments. When Evan finally discovers that his daughter, Olivia (Yara Shahidi), is somehow able to tell the future within the financial world by using her 'goo-gaa' comfort blanket and her imaginary friends (Queen Qwali and Princesses Kupida, Sopida and Mopida), he discovers he has an invaluable upper hand now at the office.
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