Imaginary Heroes

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Phil G @philexile Dec 13 Watched Ordinary Heroes and, next day, watched it again. Have to disagree with the critics on this one - it's a great movie and I loved it. Were there sudden and inexplicable plot twists? Yes. But hey - life is like that. Did we see the son's suicide coming? No. It is jarring - but every event in film doesn't have to have the big set-up. Sigourney Weaver is wonderful, as always. And I thought Emile Hirsch's performance was understated and 'real'. So, I'm swimming against the tide on this one. Five stars. See more Ryan D @RT58935086 Oct 7 Great cast. The story really gets kinda twisted. It was interesting. See more 10/24/2018 Watch Ordinary People instead. See more 10/02/2017 I love this movie so much. It has so many elements and shows a family burdened by the grief of a loved one and how it affects them all. Emile Hirsch and Sigourney Weaver both do stunning performances. I've watched this flick so many times. See more 10/27/2014 How odd that critics rated this so low. It's been one of my favourite dramas for a long time. I love movies about family troubles and problems and this one delivers. I'd compare it to The Ice Storm and Igby goes Down. It has it's humorous points and it's dramatic points. Thoroughly enjoyable. See more 07/20/2014 Not exactly the happiest movie, it's a suburban drama along the lines of The Ice Storm or American Beauty combining dark humour with tragedy just not quite as well as those movies did. Still strong performances especially from Sigourney Weaver who gives a penetrating portrait as the mother of this dysfunctional clan as we follow year in the life of her family, left devastated by the suicide of the eldest son, a champion swimmer. Jeff Daniels is, wow, quite an asshole here. Very unlikeable and unredeemed by the end. He shows his pain by verbally striking out at his family. Emile Hirshe is young here but does a fantastic job and I really enjoyed the relationship he had with his mother. A decent movie about a family fighting to hold on and make sense of it all. 8/20/14 See more Read all reviews

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