CheerupSilver Very Cool!!!

BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See

Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

capone666 BogusImaginary friends are good to have around until you need to move furniture across town.Thankfully, the orphan in this fantasy doesn't have much in the way of physical baggage to relocate.After a car crash claims his mother, 7-year-old Albert (Haley Joel Osment) is shipped from Las Vegas to New Jersey to live with his new guardian Harriet (Whoopi Goldberg).To stay amused while he gets accustomed to his new surroundings, Albert dreams up a lively French performer, Bogus (Gérard Depardieu), to deliver the Vegas-style entertainment he enjoyed with his mother. But things get interesting when Bogus becomes real.While this 1996 family feature tries to tackle childhood grief, its schmaltzy script and asinine acting gets in the way. In fact, Bogus becomes more of an annoyance than an emotional aide pretty fast. Besides, every French performer - imaginary or not - drinks way too much wine to be around children. Red Lightvidiotreviews.blogspot.ca

veronicammartin This is a very moving film about loss and triumph ; the question all the way is how much is the child's imagination and how much is real.Haley Joel Osment plays bereavement well for one so young.Gerard Depardieu and Whoopie Goldberg are beautifully played and again we are left to wonder as to how much is actually happening.The story unfolds to portray the growing trust between the child and his guardian as they both battle their berevement and the child coping in a new city.It may seem an unlikely topic for a film and at times slightly surreal but the ending left me feeling very moved and somehow ...hopeful.

Gunnar_Runar_Ingibjargarson Doing for orphaned children what Ghost did for grieving lovers, Bogus is a sweet-natured fantasy that's sure to have some viewers reaching for a Kleenex. With The Sixth Sense still three years in his future, Haley Joel Osment plays 7-year-old Albert, whose happy life is disrupted when his mother (Nancy Travis) is killed in a traffic accident. Her will stipulates that Albert be placed in the custody of his mom's little-known half-sister, Harriet (Whoopi Goldberg), a New Jersey restaurant-supply owner who's anything but motherly. That's when Albert invents Bogus (Gerard Depardieu), an imaginary friend who springs to life from a coloring book drawing--clearly the product of Albert's need for love and companionship. It's easy to see why director Norman Jewison was drawn to the challenge of this delicate, charmingly cast fantasy/drama whimsically written by Alvin Sargent (Oscar®-winner for Ordinary People), and there are some lovely moments that capture a fleeting sense of wonder. But like the similar fantasy Three Wishes, the magic is lightweight and it doesn't always work. Your best bet is to just surrender to the sentiment, and don't be surprised if you shed a tear or two.

BadWebDiver This film is my candidate for the most exact title of a movie (and will continue to be so until someone makes a film called "This is a Total Turkey"!)The absolute low-point comes at the funeral scene, where the kid throws a tantrum because everyone's crying at his mother's death (?!), so he runs off into the countryside, stops in the middle of a field and looks up weirdly into the sky. It's so nauseating it'll turn even the strongest stomach.A bogus movie? Definitely! In fact, to borrow the quote from most critical reviews of The Stupids, "Well at least they can't be accused of false advertising!"