Imaginary Heroes

Never manages to achieve the balance between authenticity and eccentricity. Full Review

It has strong moments and fine, unsentimental performances, but it doesn't jell as a story. Full Review

The film sways awkwardly back and forth between prickly humor and pathos, rarely ringing true in either register. Full Review

There seem to be about a half-dozen spiraling subplots that go nowhere in particular. But it's oh so hiply done -- at least, that's the idea. 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. Full Review