Daniel Isn't Real: reviews

What the critics say average 5.8 from 2 outlets

• 6.5 SlashfilmAmelia Emberwing "As a matter of fact, 'Daniel Isn?t Real' immediately puts the viewer on edge...There?s no arguing that the film is grating, but it?s mostly to its merit. If you like your horror weird and filled with self-doubt with a dash of self-loathing, this one?s going to be for you!" Read
• 5.0 Roger EbertSimon Abrhams "Every time the movie's seductive, disturbing images threatened to overwhelm me, Mortimer and DeLeeuw pulled me back to safety using exhaustive, shallow dialogue, and a hodge-podge of psychoanalysis and mysticism. I'm sure these guys have a great movie in them, but this isn't it". Read
• The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck "Having an imaginary friend can be very comforting for a child. As an adult, not so much. That's one of the lessons imparted in the new psychological horror film directed by Adam Egypt Mortimer ('Some Kind of Hate'). Although it eventually settles into familiar genre tropes, for much of its running time 'Daniel Isn't Real' proves a genuinely provocative shocker." Read