2010 · drama
Hesher
Directed by Spencer Susser1h 46m2010
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.
Our read: Hesher (2010) reads as a sombre, steady, inventive drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- intimate
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How Hesher feels to watch.
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“You want messy grief comedy where a metalhead chaos agent shakes a broken family.”
Skip it tonight — You dislike vulgar, anarchic behavior around a grieving kid and grandmother.
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