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Imaginary Heroes is a muddled, melodramatic and unconvincing drama.
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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. Mar 18, 2005 | Rating: 2/4
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.
Liam Lacey
Weaver pretty much keeps Imaginary Heroes aloft. Mar 18, 2005 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Weaver pretty much keeps Imaginary Heroes aloft.
Geoff Pevere
Failed ambition is still ambition. Imaginary Heroes may overreach, but it challenges us as it does. That's heroic in any filmmaker. Mar 11, 2005 | Rating: 3/5
Failed ambition is still ambition. Imaginary Heroes may overreach, but it challenges us as it does. That's heroic in any filmmaker.
Roger Moore
An ambitious, uneven directorial debut. Mar 11, 2005 | Full Review…
An ambitious, uneven directorial debut.
Ann Hornaday
Conversations, by the way, need to be laconic, cynical and postmodern. Tears take their time, if they come at all. Mar 11, 2005 | Full Review…
Conversations, by the way, need to be laconic, cynical and postmodern. Tears take their time, if they come at all.
Desson Thomson
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. Mar 4, 2005 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
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.
Peter Debruge
Sigourney Weaver is impeccable as a distraught mother who resorts to pot to barricade her emotions in writer/director Dan Harris' diamond-sharp treatise on American family dysfunction that makes "The Ice Storm" look like a walk in the park. Jul 2, 2009 | Rating: B | Full Review…
Sigourney Weaver is impeccable as a distraught mother who resorts to pot to barricade her emotions in writer/director Dan Harris' diamond-sharp treatise on American family dysfunction that makes "The Ice Storm" look like a walk in the park.
Cole Smithey
Dan Harris e suas criações habitam um universo repleto de incidentes absolutamente artificiais e de clichês risíveis. Nov 21, 2005 | Rating: 1/5
Dan Harris e suas criações habitam um universo repleto de incidentes absolutamente artificiais e de clichês risíveis.
Pablo Villaça
It's unusual and faintly disturbing to see Jeff Daniels play such an unlikeable character. Jul 5, 2005 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
It's unusual and faintly disturbing to see Jeff Daniels play such an unlikeable character.
Matthew Turner
Especially forceful performances make it well worth watching, even if it becomes a bit too much at times. Jun 4, 2005 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Especially forceful performances make it well worth watching, even if it becomes a bit too much at times.
Rich Cline
A "personal" sort of story that might just hit you like a ton of bricks. Me? Not so much. Jun 3, 2005 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
A "personal" sort of story that might just hit you like a ton of bricks. Me? Not so much.
Scott Weinberg
Sigourney Weaver stands out as the heart of Imaginary Heroes, a depiction of a troubled suburban family. May 27, 2005 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…
Sigourney Weaver stands out as the heart of Imaginary Heroes, a depiction of a troubled suburban family.
Jack Garner
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."
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.
Full of genuine emotion, powerhouse performances, and tender writing. Dan Harris' film is honest, dark and extremely thought provoking.
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