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Hesher
Directed by
Spencer Susser
R
2010
1h 46m
Drama
,
Comedy
6.9
55%
61%
6.8
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A young boy has lost his mother and is losing touch with his father and the world around him. Then he meets Hesher who manages to make his life even more chaotic.
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Cast of Hesher
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Hesher
Natalie Portman
Nicole / Producer
Devin Brochu
T.J.
Rainn Wilson
Paul Forney
Piper Laurie
Madeleine Forney
John Carroll Lynch
Larry
Helen Slayton-Hughes
Mrs. Rosowski
Monica Staggs
Mom
Frank Collison
Funeral Director
Paul Bates
Mr. Elsberry
Audrey Wasilewski
Coleen Bolder
Mary Elizabeth Barrett
Meryl
Lyle Kanouse
Jack
Van Epperson
Angry Driver
Ralph P. Martin
Tow Truck Driver
Timothy Davis
Mechanic
Allan Graf
Security Guard
Brian Lally
Cop at Station
Rafael J. Noble
Foreman
Milt Kogan
Doctor
Hesher Ratings & Reviews
leonardmaltin.com
Leonard Maltin
Some indie films seem to exist as exercises in strangeness, just to see how far they can go-and how long audiences will watch before screaming and running up the aisles. I stuck with Hesher till...
Detroit News
Tom Long
Happily, Hesher never lays things out too clearly. Just as you never know where he came from, it's hard to grasp where he's going, or even what he's doing in the moment. But you know he fits somewhere. And that's satisfaction enough.
HollywoodChicago.com
Brian Tallerico
Like a knock-off of Chuck Palahniuk produced by people raised only on Sundance films, "Hesher" is a mess.
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
Rather than a character rooted in some sort of reality -- social, satirical, psychological, take your pick -- Hesher is an abstract notion animated by false energy.
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
Bad role models sometimes make the most interesting movie characters.
New York Post
Kyle Smith
Unlike many films that hope to be called black comedy, it does not skimp on either the black or the comedy.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Joe Williams
When the blessed credits finally roll, the first thing Susser shows us is Hesher's tattoo of a raised middle finger. Backatcha, dude.
New York Daily News
Joe Neumaier
At a future date, when some grad student writes a thesis on 'Wild Men of the Subconscious in Popular Culture,' there will certainly be a special place for 'Hesher.' Just as long as it stays there and is never in front of my eyes again.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
"Hesher" is about as awful as independent films get, a mix of ugliness and unearned sentiment, with a flat story, repellent and pathetic characters and dialogue that consists of lots of stammering and cursing.
Los Angeles Times
Robert Abele
Susser, who wrote the film with David Michod, has a kinetic filmmaking style and an impish, crash-and-burn sense of humor that keeps sentiment at bay long enough to let us appreciate the loose, uncomplicated performances...
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Hesher is a muddle of inchoate feelings that never really grasps the clichs to which it raises its middle finger.
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
As played by the spectacular Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Hesher is the id run rampant. Even when the script edges him into Hallmark sentiment, you can't take your eyes off him.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
A grim little drama that seems to exist in order to give the talented Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Natalie Portman a chance to look extra-scruffy.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
[Gordon-Levitt gives] a fearsome and giddily unhinged performance in a movie that isn't entirely sure what to do with it.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
"Hesher" assembles a group of characters who aren't sure why they're in the same movie together.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
Not even Mr. Gordon-Levitt's unremittingly savage performance can begin to salvage such hokum.
AV Club
Nathan Rabin
What does he want? Where does he come from? Director Spencer Susser appears too intoxicated by the title character to risk peering beyond the enigmatic surface for fear of losing some of his mystery, as mystery is all Hesher has.
USA Today
Scott Bowles
It's unflinching stuff, and might have worked if there were a reason for any of it. Levitt, Portman and Wilson work hard to infuse the film with some likeability.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Hesher has its genuinely affecting scenes, but too much of the time it feels false and shallow.
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