Think Ice Storm and Donnie Darko as the American Dream goes terribly awry in the bosom of a suburban family.

| May 7, 2020

The fractured, non-linear narrative fires plenty of red herrings and there are plenty of pointless characters with melodramatic side plots that go nowhere.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 24, 2019

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.

| Original Score: B | Jul 2, 2009

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 7, 2007

Dan Harris e suas criaes habitam um universo repleto de incidentes absolutamente artificiais e de clichs risveis.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Nov 21, 2005

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 5, 2005

It's unusual and faintly disturbing to see Jeff Daniels play such an unlikeable character.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 5, 2005

Especially forceful performances make it well worth watching, even if it becomes a bit too much at times.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 4, 2005

A "personal" sort of story that might just hit you like a ton of bricks. Me? Not so much.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jun 3, 2005

Sigourney Weaver stands out as the heart of Imaginary Heroes, a depiction of a troubled suburban family.

| Original Score: 7/10 | May 27, 2005

Not a great movie, by any means, but it is an always-interesting one - even when it veers off the rails.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 18, 2005

Sigourney Weaver is magnificent in Imaginary Heroes ...

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | May 13, 2005

Harris cannot justify this family of misfits contrived for the screen.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 14, 2005

Writer-director Dan Harris' script is so disjointed that Heroes rambles for most of its nearly two-hours.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 8, 2005

With that much baggage, Tim doesn't need a loving family. He needs a Smarte Carte.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 7, 2005

Stumbling between failed comedy and stilted drama, Imaginary Heroes never finds a convincing tone.

Full Review | Apr 1, 2005

Writer-director Dan Harris ... runs Tim and the Travises through the dysfunctional-family checklist.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Apr 1, 2005

Sigourney Weaver gives a terrific performance in this impressive film.

| Mar 21, 2005

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 18, 2005

Weaver pretty much keeps Imaginary Heroes aloft.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 18, 2005