

Daniel Isn't Real
The mind will do anything to avoid confronting just how alone it is in the universe.
A troubled college freshman resurrects his imaginary friend to help him cope with a violent trauma.
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6.1/10
259 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
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- Box office
- $75.4K
- Language
- English
- therapist
- photographer
- artist
- trauma
- imaginary friend
- therapy
- mental illness
- questioning
- college student
- trapped soul
- trapped in a house
- dissociative identity disorder
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Behind the camera
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Produced in
United States of America
Where to watch
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereSouth by Southwest Film Festival9 Mar 2019
- PremiereOak Cliff Film Festival8 Jun 2019
- PremiereSXSW3 Sept 2019
- Theatrical (limited)NR6 Dec 2019
- Digital / OTTNR6 Dec 2019
AustraliaAU
- PhysicalMA 15+5 Feb 2020
CanadaCA
- Premiere18AFantasia International Film Festival23 Jul 2019
GermanyDE
- Physical1620 Nov 2020
JapanJP
- Digital / OTTR15+5 Feb 2021
NorwayNO
- TV156 Dec 2019
South KoreaKR
- Premiere19Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival29 Jun 2019
- Theatrical199 Apr 2020
SpainES
- Theatrical1622 Jun 2020
SwedenSE
- Physical156 Dec 2019
Frequently asked questions
Daniel Isn't Real was released on 6 December 2019.
Audience reviews
2- S7/10
SWITCH.
12/10/2019
‘Daniel Isn’t Real’ (based off of Brian DeLeeuw’s novel ‘In This Way I Was Saved’) shares a lot of similarities with David Fincher's ‘Fight Club’, which followed a powerless office worker who happens to meet an assertive friend who helps him become more confident only for everything to get out of hand. I also kept thinking of Curtis Hanson’s underrated ‘Bad Influence’ with James Spader and Rob Lowe, Robert Mulligan’s…
- F5/10
Filipe Manuel Neto
12/19/2022
**It's not original, it's not remarkable, but it was a pretty decent job considering the budget and people involved.** This is another one of those movies that I caught, by chance, starting on TV, and that I decided to watch. So I didn't have high expectations nor did I know exactly what I was going to find. When it was over, I can say that I reasonably liked what I saw: it intelligently explores the human mind an…
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