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John Krasinski and Ryan Reynolds teamed up together to create an iconic movie titled IF which could have been quite an interesting tale. With Emily Blunt, Steve Carrell, and, Awkwafina joining the cast, the movie had great potential, but something turned out to be missing.
The reason why we say that it “could” have been a huge blockbuster is because of its early ratings. Although the film hasn’t been released yet, the early reviews are here and people did not like the movie too much. It seems that the critics hated the film even more, judging by the movie’s current ratings.
Ryan Reynolds’IFCould Have Been Something Bigger!
With John Krasinski being the director of the film while also starring alongside Ryan Reynolds,IFhad quite an iconic reception when the trailer for the film was released. Gathering millions of views, people around the world loved the idea and waited excitedly for the release of the movie.
The story follows the life of a girl who discovers that she can see everybody’s imaginary friend! Emphasizing theIFpart of the title, the story showed people reconnecting with their forgotten IFs. Despite an intriguing storyline and Ryan Reynolds in one of the lead roles, the film did not manage to get good scores after its initial release.
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IFwas released in France on 16 June 2025 and is set for a U.S. release on 18 June 2025. Despite the film not being released, early reviews have led to a critic score of 54% on Rotten Tomatoes!
John Krasinski’s ‘IF’ debuts with a 54% score on Rotten Tomatoes 🍅
Read our review:https://t.co/cdyTgPLosipic.twitter.com/GFfVsu7LZq
— The Hollywood Handle (@HollywoodHandle)June 12, 2025
Wanting to quickly defend the film, people took to X to talk about how the critic score is always low. Stating that they were going to watch the film anyway, a range of fans actually ended up praising the movie on Twitter:
Ouch. Is it because it’s not woke tho so critics don’t like it? Or is it just a bad movie.
— BigJuicyBootay (@BootayJuicy)July 29, 2025
This movie is incredible. It’s funny but I also shed a tear few times. I highly recommend going to the cinema for IF. Great CGI and amazing cast.
— qwertyuiop (@mikolajpawlowsk)August 07, 2025
I swear critics always give the good movies low scores, I haven’t seen the film yet but since it has bad reviews I’m definitely going to go and watch it now XD
— Alfie ( inside out 2 brainrot ) (@AlfieChatTW)June 30, 2025
Damn I was hearing nothing but great things about this movie, what happened?
— Zilly (@zilla_universe)July 21, 2025
This deserves more 😭pic.twitter.com/NorOdj4qh3
— IGSY👽 (@itzmeigsy)June 25, 2025
Critics hating on fun as always.
— 🙂 (@ItsAMiiCurren)July 16, 2025
On the other hand, Henry Cavill’sThe Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare,which was a box office flop, has a higher rating thanIF! The scale of these ratings is truly too large, but it seems that people want to watch the film anyway.
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As far asRyan Reynoldsis concerned, the actor is excited about two things:Deadpool & Wolverine,and torturing his best friend Hugh Jackman. Talking about their upcoming MCU film, Reynolds called out Jackman as a liar!
When Ryan Reynolds Called Hugh Jackman A Liar!
Being best friends on and off screen, we all know about the bromance betweenHugh Jackmanand Ryan Reynolds. Starring alongside each other in the upcoming MCU filmDeadpool & Wolverine,the world couldn’t be more happier.
With Hugh Jackman reprising his role of Wolverine after giving up his Adamantium claws inLoganback in 2017, the world is kind of annoyed but also impressed with the MCU. Not wanting the MCU to ruin Logan’s legacy, fans are still processing the return of Jackman as Wolverine.
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To add fuel to the fire, Reynolds revealed in an interview withAP Entertainmentthat Jackman was a liar since he hid his return from fans!
“Now, I think, I think we all can see that Hugh is a liar, you know? That a bald faced horrible coward and a liar. Uh, here he is, back again back again. You know, you have to find out how he comes back because that’s one of the most fun aspects of the movie.”
With Reynolds teasing that Wolverine’s return is the fun aspect of the movie, it seems that Marvel Studios has indeed planned something big for the film. With Shawn Levy as director,Deadpool & Wolverineis set for a release date of 23 June 2025 in theaters across the U.S.
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On the other hand, Ryan Reynolds’IFreceived a critic score of 54% on Rotten Tomatoes and 6.9/10 on IMDB upon its release.The film will be released on 23 June 2025 in theaters across the world.
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
