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Imaginary Heroes Details

2004 Certificate 18
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  • 60
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Teenaged son Tim views his life as a bad dream. His father Ben tunes out and treats his wife and children like strangers. His mother Sandy sharpens her tongue with sarcasm and dulls her senses with pot while struggling to conceal a secret that threatens to ruin them all... Read more

Starring Sigourney Weaver, Emile Hirsch, Jeff Daniels, Deidre O'Connell
Director Daniel Harris
Genres Drama

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Imaginary Heroes

Teenaged son Tim views his life as a bad dream. His father Ben tunes out and treats his wife and children like strangers. His mother Sandy sharpens her tongue with sarcasm and dulls her senses with pot while struggling to conceal a secret that threatens to ruin them all...

Starring Sigourney Weaver, Emile Hirsch, Jeff Daniels, Deidre O'Connell, Kip Pardue, Ryan Donowho, Michelle Williams, Suzanne Santo
Director Daniel Harris
Studio SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 47 mins
Certificate Certificate 18
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Dubbed German, Italian
Hearing-impaired English
Subtitles DVD: English, German, Hindi, Italian, Turkish
Released DVD: 15 May 2006
Production year: 2004
Format DVD
  • Critics' reviews (4) of Imaginary Heroes

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  • 1 stars out of 4

    A sensitive but not always convincing study of the personalities involved in a dysfunctional family whose tragedy is their inability to be honest with one another when it matters.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
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  • 6 out of 6 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Intelligent drama

    As usual, Sigourney Weaver gives a very convincing and entertaining performance in this intelligent drama.

    This is a portrait of a family in quiet disarray, living with a tragic recent event and trying to overcome past problems.

    It can seem like it is aimless at times, but is always watchable. The payoff is in the last 30 minutes or so, which completes the film in a satisfying way.

    If you like an intelligent drama with good performances and concvincing characters then this is worth a watch.

    There are plenty of shoddily made dramas that really ARE tedious - but this isn't one of them!

      • A customer from Surrey, UK
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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars

    Disappointing

    What a shame - love Sigourney and (from what I managed to stick with during the film) she was great in this. But it was a poor man's Ordinary People and I ended up switching off after 40 minutes or so and flicking to the end. It was all a little bit obvoius and dull.

      • Ewan from Fife, Scotland
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