Imaginary Heroes (2005)
Imaginary Heroes (2005)
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Cast
as Sandy Travis
as Tim Travis
as Ben Travis
as Penny Travis
as Matt Travis
as Marge Dwyer
as Kyle Dwyer
as Steph Connors
as Vern
as Jack Johnson
as Sid
as Veteran Home Receptionist
as Nurse Lindy
as Angela
as Jenny
as Emily Slaff
as Mitchell Goldstein
as Robert
as Brett Tabisel
as Dr. Monte
as Dr. Davis
as Shelly Chan
as Undercover Hippie
as Emergency Room Dr
as Store Clerk
as Hal
as Hattie
as Sophie
as Inappropriate Soccer Mom #1
as Inappropriate Soccer Mom #2
as Bob Clyde
as Mr. Barnes
as Kiki
as Herb
as Tabitha
as Martha
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Critic Reviews for Imaginary Heroes
All Critics (103) | Top Critics (33) | Fresh (36) | Rotten (67) | DVD (7)
Although she comes across as bordering on insufferable, we are expected to understand that Sandy is the touchstone of honesty in the film because, like other American films of the Sundance variety, eccentricity signifies emotional authenticity.
Weaver pretty much keeps Imaginary Heroes aloft.
Failed ambition is still ambition. Imaginary Heroes may overreach, but it challenges us as it does. That's heroic in any filmmaker.
An ambitious, uneven directorial debut.
Conversations, by the way, need to be laconic, cynical and postmodern. Tears take their time, if they come at all.
Imaginary Heroes may not show the directorial confidence of Zach Braff's remarkable Garden State or the emotional depth of A Home at the End of the World, but it's a strong character-driven story all the same.
Audience Reviews for Imaginary Heroes
This family drama should have focused more on the emotional impact of the tragedy on the characters, but instead it goes for artificial conflicts and pathetic clichés, suffering also from an excess of information with many unnecessary details added at every moment to create new useless twists.
Super Reviewer
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Emile Hirsch, Jeff Daniels, Michelle Williams, Kip Pardue, Deirdre O'Connell, Ryan Donowho, Suzanne Santo, Jay Paulson Director: Dan Harris Summary: The seemingly stable Travis family crumbles when one of the children kills himself in this wrenching drama about long-buried secrets and lies, and ties that bind too tightly. Soon after the tragedy, patriarch Ben (Jeff Daniels) distances himself from everyone else, intent on coping with his pain alone; his wife, Sandy (Sigrouney Weaver), turns to pot for release and escape; and their restless son, Tim (Emile Hirsch), longs to be elsewhere. My Thoughts: "Great movie with a great cast delivering great performances. There is a scene near the end of the movie between Jeff Daniels and Emile Hirsch that just blew me away with the strong emotions it generated through the screen. I felt every bit of it. This movie is relatable to anyone who has lost someone close to them, who feels very small in a big world, or who has never fit in. I am sure we have all had those moments. Loved Weaver's and Hirsch's mother and son relationship. Just a good movie about a family fighting to hold on. Struggling to make sense of life and where it's going, and if they will make it to another day."
Super Reviewer
Such a tough topic, but Sigourney Weaver is the Lifetime movie character actor of real movies. Great acting from all of the cast, but the subject is not a cheerful one.
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