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.
Unlike many films that hope to be called black comedy, it does not skimp on either the black or the comedy.
– Kyle Smith,
New York Post,
13 May 2011
fresh:
Bad role models sometimes make the most interesting movie characters.
– Michael O'Sullivan,
Washington Post,
13 May 2011
rotten:
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.
– Joe Morgenstern,
Wall Street Journal,
13 May 2011
rotten:
Gordon-Levitt is a sly and inventive actor, and it can be genuinely fun to watch him having so much fun. But this character wears out his welcome fast.
– Stephen Whitty,
Newark Star-Ledger,
13 May 2011
fresh:
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.