Review of Imaginary Heroes (2004) by David R — 04 Apr 2006
[font=Century Gothic]In "Imaginary Heroes", Matt Travis(Kip Pardue) is a great swimmer but hates swimming with a passion. His suicide shakes the Travis family down to the core. In an attempt to get away from the misery for a while, the younger son, Travis(Emile Hirsch), goes to a party where he shows off some mysterious bruises to his girlfriend and crashes a car in a drunken attempted getaway...[/font].
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[font=Century Gothic]"Imaginary Heroes" goes over very familiar ground of an affluent suburban family trying to grieve for the death of a young family member.(Over the course of the movie, the family members all try to disappear either literally or figuratively by controlled substances.) The movie is guilty in trying to tie up all of its loose ends too neatly. There are two eleventh hour revelations - one explains everything while the other is wholly irrelevant. But great performances(particularly by Jeff Daniels) and mordant wit make the film quite respectable. [/font].
This review of Imaginary Heroes (2004) was written by David R on 04 Apr 2006.
Imaginary Heroes has generally received positive reviews.
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