Imaginary Heroes

 

Imaginary Heroes 2004

• Director: Dan Harris
• Based on book: no
• Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Emile Hirsch, Jeff Daniels
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Sigourney Weaver – Chappie, Paul, Avatar, Be Kind Rewind, Snow Cake, Holes, Galaxy Quest, A Map of the World, Alien etc, The Ice Storm, Death and the Maiden, Dave, Working Girl, Gorillas in the Mist, Ghostbuster
• Emile Hirsch – Once upon a Time in Hollywood, The Darkest Hour, Taking Woodstock, Milk, Into the Wild
• Jeff Daniels – The Martian, Looper, The Lookout, Goodnight and Good Luck, The Squid and the Whale, The Hours, Pleasantville, Speed, Terms of Endearment
• Why? The cast
• Seen: 5 September 2022      

            Another perfect (but of course dysfunctional) white, suburban, well-to-do American family who suffers a tragedy and they all must deal with grief. Does this seem like a same-old same-old film because I saw the very good The Greatest a week ago (https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-greatest.html)  or is it really same-old same-old? In any case, it’s hard to care for any of these peculiar and unlikeable people. Not even Sigourney Weaver can lift it much. 

2* of 5