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- Sweetly sentimental and anachronistically whimsical, “Bogus” is a modern metaphor oddly out of step with contemporary taste. The tale about an inward child who invents a secret friend strives to make its points about alienation and vulnerability in a fantastic manner, but it’s a simple tale unbalanced by big names and sumptuous production values.
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Sep 6, 1996 · “Bogus” tells the story of a little boy who is orphaned and then finds his life filled with two unconventional parent-substitutes. How unconventional? They're played by Whoopi Goldberg and Gerard Depardieu--Goldberg as the aunt he never knew about, and Depardieu as an imaginary friend, a large, shambling Frenchman, who bounces out of the ...
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41% Tomatometer 17 Reviews. 45% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings. A car accident leaves young Albert (Haley Joel Osment) orphaned, so he goes to live in New Jersey with Harriet (Whoopi Goldberg),...
- (17)
- Norman Jewison
- PG
- Whoopi Goldberg
Sep 6, 1996 · Bogus: Directed by Norman Jewison. With Whoopi Goldberg, Gérard Depardieu, Haley Joel Osment, Andrea Martin. Recently orphaned, a young boy is taken in by his godmother who is shocked to realize that she can see the boy's imaginary friend: a flamboyant, French magician named Bogus.
- (7.1K)
- Comedy, Family, Fantasy
- Norman Jewison
- 1996-09-06
This film focuses on that kid who could see dead people, Haley Joel Osment, who has a make-believe friend, a magician named Bogus who all of a sudden appears to Goldberg who has taken in Osmond after his mother, Nancy Travis, is killed in a horrible car accident.
Boy loses mom and gains imaginary friend in emotional drama. Read Common Sense Media's Bogus review, age rating, and parents guide.
- Norman Jewison
- Barbara Shulgasser-Parker
- Universal
Bogus is a 1996 American urban fantasy drama film directed by Norman Jewison from a screenplay written by Alvin Sargent, and starring Whoopi Goldberg, Gérard Depardieu, and Haley Joel Osment. It was filmed in Canada and New Jersey.
Aug 26, 1996 · Sweetly sentimental and anachronistically whimsical, “Bogus” is a modern metaphor oddly out of step with contemporary taste. The tale about an inward child who invents a secret friend strives ...
