Redwarmin This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

SanEat A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

Cheryl A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

My_Opinion-245-920801 Truth be told I stumbled upon this flick by accident. I was bored flicking through my cable channels and thought the description was interesting. I could not have been more surprised at how well executed this movie was. A Real Friend is well written, acted out and directed.The choices made by the director to focus on the child and slowly bring into focus the monsters and the child's connection and then its strength: was brilliant. The mother's sex drive was odd, but the story in general was a pleasant surprise. Their are some heavy weight monster's on display towards the end, I was thrilled to see it all the elements come together, the mother's sex drive, the father, the monster relationship is was magnificently filmed and written.I would be remiss if I did not tell you in advance that this is only available with English subtitles, the primary language is Spanish. Works for me since I speak, write and talk it very well.Final Word If you do not mind subtitles, this is a spectacular movie, which is part of a bigger package: 6 Films to Keep You Awake.

lastliberal Estrella (Nerea Inchausti) is a good student, but she is a loner. She reads horror novels, and watches horror movies, like the Spanish version of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and keeps a statue of Nosferatu in her room. The chainsaw killer is a friend that only she can see, unlike her "vampire" friend that can walk around in the daylight.Her mother, Angela (Goya Toledo), is a nurse, which leaves the child alone much of the time while she works on rotating shifts. She also engages in kinky sex at the hospital and in the apartment garage. Her daughter catches her and is very upset. She brings the "vampire" home and mom has to face some hard realities.There is no real horror in the film. What we see is surreal - a figment of the girl's imagination. This is made clear in the final scene, and I am not sure what the whole point of the movie was. Unsupervised children may be reading and watching inappropriate material, but a parent has to work, so what are you to do? If that was the point, then it was lost on me.I certainly won't be staying awake because of this film. It was hard enough to stay awake through it.

Paul Andrews Películas Para no Dormir: Adivina Quién Soy is set in Spain where a nurse named Angela (Goya Toledo) lives in an apartment with her young daughter Estrella (Nerea Inchausti). Together they manage but Estrella sometimes gets lonely & has no friends, except for the imaginary friends from all the horror films she watches including the chainsaw wielding Leatherface & a Vampire (Eduardo Farelo). However it seems that her new Vampire friend may not be as imaginary after all...Known to English speaking audiences as A Real Friend this was one of the six Spanish made-for-telly Films to Keep You Awake & so far out of the four I have seen I have only liked one, as far as Películas Para no Dormir: Adivina Quién Soy goes I thought it was simply terrible in every regard. The script by Jorge Arenillas & director Enrique Urbizu is a total mess from start to finish & feels like a cheap unimaginative Pan's Labyrinth (2006) rip-off. It's almost impossible to convey just how much I disliked Películas Para no Dormir: Adivina Quién Soy without giving away the so clichéd it's untrue twist ending which is one of those horrible 'get out of jail' type endings for filmmakers so every stupid, nonsense & downright tedious thing that comes before it is left pointless & irrelevant. I was going into this comment about to list all the plot holes, contradiction's, aspects that don't work & general sloppiness but that awful, awful twist ending really does render the whole film pointless & in a frustrating beyond conventional criticism sort of way. At only just over seventy minutes Películas Para no Dormir: Adivina Quién Soy is as boring as hell, there's so many scenes of people watching other people or acting suspiciously to raise the mystery & intrigue levels but when the ending is such a cop out as it is what's the point? There isn't one, that's what.Director Urbizu turns in a decent looking flick, there's not really much else to say about it. Like most of the other Films to Keep You Awake Películas Para no Dormir: Adivina Quielíen Soy isn't scary in the slightest, it doesn't even try to be really & the horror element is more of an afterthought. Any resemblance Películas Para no Dormir: Adivina Quién Soy has to an actual horror film is purely coincidental. If there's anyone out there who dislikes The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) remake check out the few scenes in this which are supposed to be from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) & realise just how bad it could have been! There are also some bizarre images which I imagine were meant to be subliminal, from a single large '!' on a huge bus shelter poster to a weird balloon carrying guy who turns up on a couple of occasions I really have no idea what the intention of the filmmakers was.Filmed in Barcelone in Spain the production values are reasonable if unspectacular. There are no special effects to speak of & a very limited cast. The acting seems alright, shot in Spanish the subtitles are clear enough but that guy at the end speaks quite fast so the subtitles disappear very quickly & you will have to be quick to read them. Personally I am not a fan of subtitled films simply because they are a huge distraction.Películas Para no Dormir: Adivina Quién Soy is another useless Film to Keep You Awake that as far as I am concerned is more likely to send you to sleep. The twist ending is just awful & really does render the rest of the film utterly pointless & redundant.

Claudio Carvalho The lonely Estrella (Nerea Inchausti) is an intelligent teenager and good student but is outcast in school. She spends most of her time alone in school or at home, reading horror books or watching horror movies, while her widow mother Angela (Goya Toledo) works as a nurse in a hospital. Her favorite author is Stephen King and her only friends are Leatherface and Vampire (Eduardo Farelo). Angela has an unresolved trauma and has kink sex with strangers in the hospital or with the gatekeeper of her building. When a detective meets Angela and tells her that a man that raped her had not died as she thought, the frightening Angela gets Estrella at the bus stop and once at home she prepares a pizza for them. However, Estrella invites her friend Vampire to join them, and when Angela sees her daughter's friend, she feels scary, haunted by her past."Películas Para No Dormir: Adivina Quién Soy" is a surreal, intriguing and original horror movie. The story of a smart teenager that is alone most of the time and has a fertile imagination uses drama, thriller and horror, and only unravels the mystery in the very last scene. The idea of inviting a serial-killer to come home was magnificently explored in "Satan's Little Helper", but the plots of these films are totally different. The surprising and ambiguous conclusion with a medium-class family watching television discloses the reality of each character. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "Amigo Imaginário" ("Imaginary Friend")