Desertman84 Dina Meyer together with Rick Ravanello,Cassandra Sawtell and Pablo Coffey star in this TV movie directed by Christine Gallagher entitled "Imaginary Playmate".This movie shown originally in HBO back in 2006 and written by William Fruet tells the story of Suzanne and her seven-year old step daughter Molly when they move into a new house and Molly acquires an imaginary friend named Candace Brewer,who was a young girl who lived in the house more than a century ago.It was also revealed that Candace's mother died during childbirth of her Candace's baby sister,Dora.Overall,the storyline focuses on Suzanne and the effort she made in order to evict Candace or this ghost out of their house. No question that that this movie was evidently something that has had a familiar storyline especially those movies that involves ghosts and how Candace has affected Molly as her friend.Suzanne tries to do something on her daughter Molly to remove the effect of Candace on her until both resorted to go away from the new house.Well,this TV movie has a familiar storyline and there is nothing new nor original in it.The viewer has definitely seen this many times in other films that involves ghosts and people transferring to a new home.Added to that,the pursuit of love and revenge has been used in them just like in this TV movie.Overall,only the presence of Dina Meyer makes it a watchable film and nothing more.

allyatherton An imaginary friend turns bad.Starring Dina Meyer, Rick Ravanello and Cassandra Sawsell Written by Christine Gallagher Directed by William Fruet.This is an average low budget movie with a predictable and familiar plot to thousands of other haunted house movies. It's better than I thought it would be but it's still pretty average fair. Dina Meyer plays a good part but the rest of the cast could well have been stolen from any old soft porn movie that's ever been made. It's a bit of fun but also instantly forgettable and the ending was also predictable and could have been foretold after about ten minutes.Nothing new here but it was okay. A decent story spoiled mainly by a low budget.6.5/10

ttapola When the summary of someone's 10/10 review is "I love this movie", it's pretty safe bet that not only have they *not* written a review but an opinion but also that the said rating is probably a major overstatement. And at least in the case of this excuse for a TV movie, even the average at the time of writing, 5.6/10, is an overstatement.There seems to be no info on the length of the movie, but I can assure it is *too* long. 110 minutes including commercials was what was allotted for its "around midnight" time-slot here - presumably not because it is too scary for kids but because it is likely to put the viewer into sleep. For a thriller, this is seriously lacking in thrills and the makers don't seem to have the slightest idea of how to create a ghost story. There isn't a mood to speak of - the scenes seem like they are all first takes, the angles and the music couldn't be more bland and the editing is from the bottom of TV movie barrel - slow and lazy.If, for some bizarre reason, you end up watching this movie - maybe because there really is nothing else on, or you want to calibrate your rating criteria, or perhaps are feeling masochistic, do have a game: count every movie cliché you recognize. The script is so full of recycled plot elements that you are likely to give up. The whole thing is a 3/10 example of pointlessness likely to just leave you feeling indifferent.

Lisa H. This movie is excellent! The movie begins with a somewhat normal family who have just moved into a new house. The little girl, Molly, sees the tree swing in the backyard is swinging by itself. She begins talking to her imaginary playmate and acts like this playmate, Candace, is really there. Creepy! Had me hooked from the beginning. The suspense of why things are happening and how these things are related to the family in the story is wonderfully done. The little girl, Molly, is one of the best little actresses I've seen in a while. She makes her character seem so real when she sees the imaginary playmate and how she acts scared. I believe the fact that the little girl's birth mother had passed away and her dad had remarried added to the storyline. The little girl never called her step mother "mommy" so when that happens Suzanne (step mother), even though she's figured out earlier that Candace was a real little girl that had died, knows something isn't right. This movie is very well written and the actors are excellent. It was definitely one I would've had to see had it been in theaters.