Bogus (1996)
- Directed by
- Norman Jewison
- Genre
- comedy film, fantasy film, children's film, flashback film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 245 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A woman becomes the guardian of a young boy after his mother dies. The boy's imaginary friend helps them learn to connect with each other.
fantasticalwhimsicalheartfeltmildly humoroussentimentalgentlequirkybittersweet
What happens
Bogus is a 1996 American urban fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Norman Jewison from a screenplay written by Alvin Sargent, and starring Whoopi Goldberg, Gérard Depardieu, and Haley Joel Osment. An African-American restaurant supply manager (Goldberg), must become the foster mother of an orphan Caucasian boy (Osment), after the death of his mother, who she was childhood friends with. In the meantime, they both see and hear an imaginary man named "Bogus" (Depardieu), in which he helps their new relationship. It was filmed in Canada and New Jersey. The film was a box-office bomb. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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