Imaginary Heroes Critic Reviews

A sharply observed tragicomedy that draws laughter as genuinely as it coaxes tears, the nicely paced film tempers its themes of loss and sorrow with a cynically witty edge and is graced by a perfectly pitched Sigourney Weaver performance.Read the full review

The characters deserve a better movie, but they get a pretty good one.Read the full review

Reveals essential truthfulness about families.Read the full review

Everyone is touched by sadness or hobbled by self-deception, and everyone is interesting, even moving, to watch until the drama slowly suffocates beneath the weight of its revelations.Read the full review

The film sways awkwardly back and forth between prickly humor and pathos, rarely ringing true in either register.Read the full review

It looks good. It seems to work. It occasionally coheres into a priceless moment. But in the end, the pieces don't all fit together as they should.Read the full review

It would have been nice if Harris, who casts a sardonic yet compassionate eye on the Travis family, had set his sights a little higher than the typical chronicle of a dysfunctional suburban family.Read the full review

Piles too many small disasters on top of the initial tragedy, including a drunken car accident, a drug bust and a cancer scare. It also swerves unsteadily into farce.Read the full review

Weaver's randy, impatient, very funny performance is the main reason to see Imaginary Heroes.Read the full review