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February 11th 2005, R, 112mins, Sony Classics
  Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Jeff Daniels, Emile Hirsch, Michelle Williams, Ryan Donowho, Kip Pardue, Deirdre O'Connell, Jay Paulson, Ned Benson, Erin Fritch, Ari Graynor, Danny Hayden, Michael Lawson, Lee Wilkof, Alberto Vasquez, Matthew Carey


Director: Dan Harris
Writers: Dan Harris


Reviews: Critics Reviews
Links: Related Articles, Official Site


Plot: "Imaginary Heroes" is a funny and poignant coming of age story in which the faade of an ordinary American family is peeled back to reveal that nothing is as it seems. Tim Travis (Hirsch) is walking through his life like it's a bad dream. His mother Sandy (Weaver) is the master of the Travis house - with a healthy drug habit, a decade long grudge, and a secret that is literally tearing her apart. His father Ben (Daniels) is a shell of the man he once was, crippled by circumstance and blind to the mistakes of his past. But in typical American style, the Travises aren't depressed - they're living their lives in a forlorn haze. As painful revelations are made that threaten to divide the family, moments of laughter and truth provide the salve that ultimately bring them closer together.