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Writing for Entertainment Weekly, Margaret Lyons asked, "... is it supposed to be hilarious, or a really, really depressing story about the long-term effects of emotional abuse?

" Writing for Mystical Movie Guide, Carl J. Schroeder wrote, " The imaginary friend is cavortingly rude for a reason ; he served to push the girlchild to do mischief for attention and as a cry for help.

Now grown up, the woman has forgotten and is about to lose her soul, so events call for some kind of literal return of her demon to force the exposure of her pain.

This psychic crisis is poignantly realistic ...

The creature who is visible only to the woman is like a poltergeist energy of her repressed self, a problematic ego container into which her powers of assertion and creativity were poured and stored.

The movie's resolution is startlingly beautiful ..."