So, I kind of loved IF….

Defending John Krasinski’s messy but moving family movie.

I confess I was kind of avoiding IF, the new family movie from John Krasinski. I was unable to make it to a press screening before it debuted last month, and its disastrous opening weekend and critical drubbing made me think that perhaps I’d dodged a bullet. The trailers made it look like the kind of forced whimsy/madcap kiddie comedy that usually sends…