| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Movie Name | BOGUS (1996) |
| Director | Norman Jewison |
| Writer | Alvin Sargent |
| Lead Actor | Whoopi Goldberg |
| Cast | Whoopi Goldberg, Gérard Depardieu, Haley Joel Osment, Nancy Travis, Andrea Martin |
| Genre | Fantasy, Comedy, Family |
| Release Date | August 30, 1996 (United States) |
| Duration | 1h 50m |
| Budget | $25 million |
| Language | English |
| IMDb Rating | 5.6/10 |
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BOGUS is a charming little movie about the need for magic and imagination in life. Seven-year-old Albert (Haley Joel Osment) is orphaned when his single mom, a Vegas dancer, is killed in a crash. The boy goes to Newark to live with his mother’s childhood friend Harriet (Whoopi Goldberg), who is kind but absorbed in her business. Albert invents an imaginary playmate named Bogus, a delightful Frenchman (Gerard Depardieu) who gets him through the hard times.
Harriet just needs to recover her spirit of play and her way of seeing as a child-she needs to “see” Bogus. A gift of fun from Albert’s dancer mother, Bogus is also a sign of some benign power in life-a guardian angel, if you will. But chiefly, he’s the playmate many of us create as kids when we need someone. The film, directed by veteran Norman Jewison (Moonstruck), is a tribute to such a playmate. Imperfect but creative, well-mounted fantasy; satisfactory for kids and adults.
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