let talk child actor . there have be many over the last century and mickey rooney and shirley temple be possibly the best know and most successful . others like mccauley culkin be in the right place at the right time and couldn not make the transition to adult movie . i put haley joel osment right up near the top of the tree . he go on to be brilliant in sixth sense and extremely good in a. i. he be also the best thing about this movie . he have a wonderful ability to act with his eye and this make his performance so much more credible . this movie have some humorous moment and but be actually rather sad and full of people search but not find their goal . whoopi goldberg do not really add a dimension to performance we have see dozen of time from her and gerard depardieu be ok but unspectacular . there definitely a message in this movie and the whole topic of imaginary friend be a fascinating topic to explore . i be not sure that this movie manage to hit the mark and mainly due to the disruptive and slightly confuse on occasion use of flashback and fantasy .