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Rating: 7 stars

All movies seen on 10/06/2011

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Hesher (2010)

Directed by Spencer Susser

Drama

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Overview

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.

Rated R | Length 106 minutes

Actors

Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Natalie Portman | Devin Brochu | Rainn Wilson | Piper Laurie | John Carroll Lynch | Helen Slayton-Hughes | Monica Staggs | Frank Collison | Paul Bates | Audrey Wasilewski | Mary Elizabeth Barrett | Lyle Kanouse | Van Epperson | Ralph P. Martin | Timothy Davis | Allan Graf | Brian Lally | Rafael J. Noble | Milt Kogan | Richard Susser | William Jones | Barry Sigismondi | Emily Brobst | Brendan Hill

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Surprisingly, my wife chose this from RedBox after I gave her a list of possibilities. I’d been meaning to watch it since I’d read reactions on Twitter from other Tallyteers and film critics.

While there are some truly hilarious scenes, it’s actually more of a drama, and a touching one at that.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt does an outstanding job as Hesher, as does Natalie Portman as grocery store checkout girl Nicole. For my money though, the standout performances are from Devin Brochu as the young kid, T.J., and Piper Laurie as T.J.‘s grandmother.

Brochu has to express a lot of different emotions, which can be difficult to do for young actors. He does an outstanding job handling a range of conflicting emotions.

Laurie is just awesome as the befuddled, caring, out-of-it grandmother. There is are two standout scenes with her, back-to-back that really cement her performance and provide some serious backbone to the movie. I really enjoyed her performance a lot.

Definitely not for the easily offended or young crowd, but a good movie.

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