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A comedy about losing your heart, finding your inner child and meeting the one friend you've always tried to avoid. morePlot:
Seven year-old Albert is the son of a Las Vegas circus performer. When she is killed in a car wreck... more | add synopsisAwards:
3 nominations moreUser Comments:
True-to-life, despite the make-believe parts moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Whoopi Goldberg | ... | Harriet Franklin |
 | Gérard Depardieu | ... | Bogus (as Gerard Depardieu) |
 | Haley Joel Osment | ... | Albert Franklin |
 | Andrea Martin | ... | Penny |
 | Nancy Travis | ... | Lorraine Franklin |
 | Denis Mercier | ... | Monsieur Antoine |
| Ute Lemper | ... | Babette |
 | Sheryl Lee Ralph | ... | Ruth Clark |
| Barbara Hamilton | ... | Mrs. Partridge |
| Al Waxman | ... | School Principal |
| Elizabeth Harpur | ... | Ellen |
| Fiona Reid | ... | School Teacher |
| Kevin Jackson | ... | Bob Morrison |
 | Richard Portnow | ... | M. Clay Thrasher |
 | Mo Gaffney | ... | Travellers Aide - New Jersey |
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Rated PG for thematic elements and some mild language.Parents Guide:
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110 minCountry:
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Dolby SRCertification:
Singapore:PG | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Chile:TE | Denmark:7 | Germany:6 (bw) | Peru:PT | Spain:T | UK:PG | USA:PG (certificate #34516) | Iceland:LMOVIEmeter: 
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Continuity: Albert's mother's car stalls at the intersection of Desert Inn Road and Paradise Road, but the collision takes place near Jerry's Nugget - more than four miles away in real life. The wrecked car then reappears at Desert Inn and Paradise. moreSoundtrack:
The Continental moreFAQ
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Quite a good movie, describing the case of a traumatized child who makes up a "secret friend" to help him survive in an unfriendly world. Having his foster godmother Harriet Franklin start to see and hear Bogus, the invisible friend, is harder to accept...despite the fact that she too was once a small child with (presumably) a similar burden.
Placed next to all the cliff-hanger world-threatening scenarios of many blockbuster movies, the story of a small child's trying to come to grips with his mother's death may seem somewhat trivial. But unlike those other flicks, it has the redeeming feature of being true to life. Despite the make-believe title character, the story itself is very down-to-earth (with only the exception noted above).