Imaginary Crimes

Usually cast in showy or unsympathetic supporting roles, Harvey Keitel here gets the rare chance to play a leading role as a "nice guy" -- albeit a nice guy with some serious problems -- in this family drama. Ray Weiler (Keitel) is the widowed father of two girls, high school senior Sonya (Fairuza ...more

Between the urban romance and melodrama of Zebrahead and the pervasive misanthropy of Hurlyburly, director Anthony Drazan filmed this nostalgic, melancholy coming-of-age story about an aspiring writer and her deadbeat father. Starring Fairuza Balk in a role not too dissimilar from her character in Gas Food Lodging, Imaginary Crimes plays like an amalgam of Author, Author, This Boy's Life, and Paper Moon. Harvey Keitel hits the right note of dogged, starry-eyed optimism in his portrayal of Ray ...more