Running Time
102
min
MPAA rating
R
(for disturbing violent content including graphic dialogue, pervasive language, and drug content -- some in the presence of a child)
Release Date
May 13, 2011
Hesher
Loud music. Pornography. Burning things to the ground. These are a few of Hesher's favorite things. And they are what Hesher brings into the lives of TJ and his father, Paul when he takes up residence in their garage uninvited. Grief-stricken by the loss of TJ's mother in a car accident, Paul can't muster the strength to evict the strange squatter, and soon the long-haired, tattooed Hesher becomes a fixture in the household. Like a force of nature, Hesher's anarchy shakes the family out of their… Show more
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Those of us who are members of the Joseph Gordon-Levitt Fan Club — and we are anonymous but many — are in for a body blow with his title performance in “Hesher.’’ Here’s that nice young man from “Brick’’ and “(500) Days of Summer,’’ the actor who quietly put “Inception’’ in his pocket and walked away with it, and he looks like every mother’s worst nightmare. The stringy hair, the home-brewed tattoos, the mind-bogglingly filthy anecdotes that start and stop with no warning, a preference for tighty-whities and nothing else — Hesher is either a walking id or Jesus Christ returned to earth as a headbanger.
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