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Pattra Wong’s top pick: If

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29 Jul, 2024

  • The eight-year-old student from St Paul’s Co-educational College Primary School tells us about a fun, magical film that is also very heartwarming

Cailey Fleming and Blue, voiced by Steve Carell, star in “If.” Photo: Paramount Pictures
Cailey Fleming and Blue, voiced by Steve Carell, star in “If.” Photo: Paramount Pictures
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I would like to recommend a film called If. It is a hilarious and heartwarming movie.

The main character is a girl named Bea. Her dad needs to have heart surgery in the same hospital where her mum died a few years earlier. She has to stay with her grandmother, and she is depressed.

One day, she goes to the hospital to visit her dad, and she walks past a room. Inside is a young boy who is playing with toy dinosaurs. They eventually become friends.

A lot is happening at her grandmother’s house, too. Bea visits her neighbour, and inside the house, she finds many “IFs”, which are imaginary friends.

She meets Blue, a cute IF. I like Blue because he is funny and cute. The film also has a happy ending. While some people initially can’t see IFs, their magic and joy spread around the world.

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