Review of Imaginary Heroes (2004) by Buggy B — 20 Aug 2014
Not exactly the happiest movie, it's a suburban drama along the lines of The Ice Storm or American Beauty combining dark humour with tragedy just not quite as well as those movies did. Still strong performances especially from Sigourney Weaver who gives a penetrating portrait as the mother of this dysfunctional clan as we follow year in the life of her family, left devastated by the suicide of the eldest son, a champion swimmer.
Jeff Daniels is, wow, quite an asshole here. Very unlikeable and unredeemed by the end. He shows his pain by verbally striking out at his family. Emile Hirshe is young here but does a fantastic job and I really enjoyed the relationship he had with his mother.
A decent movie about a family fighting to hold on and make sense of it all. 8/20/14.
This review of Imaginary Heroes (2004) was written by Buggy B on 20 Aug 2014.
Imaginary Heroes has generally received positive reviews.
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