Hesher
Tackling the coming-of-age genre and the grieving-family drama with an irreverent spirit, Hesher is a risky gambit that’s pleasingly provocative. Highlighted by a brash performance from Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a rude, metal-loving reprobate who befriends a bereaved young boy, director Spencer Susser’s intriguing mixture of pathos and dark comedy seems destined to become a cult item (...).
A few months after the death of his mother, 13-year-old T.J. (Devin Brochu) is having difficulty coping with her loss. But then he meets a head-banging delinquent named Hesher (Gordon-Levitt), who decides to move in with T.J.’s family and become a sort of anti-mentor for the teenager.
(...) Few films can successfully contain both moments of fart humour and touching scenes at a group grief-counselling session, but Hesher does just that, giving the proceedings a terrific unpredictability.
Tim Grierson, Screen International
Duration: 104 min
Dialogue: English
Age limit: K15
