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Hesher

2010 · 106 min

A raw, messy plunge into grief and rage, leavened by a feral, funny chaos that keeps you off balance.

Directed by
Spencer Susser
Genres
Drama
Tagline
Sometimes life gives you the finger and sometimes it gives you...
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.

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Directed by
Spencer Susser
Genres
Drama
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • family
  • isolation
  • healing
  • trauma
Places
  • suburbs
  • home
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour6
Realism7
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness8
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Spencer Susser
Written by
David Michôd, Spencer Susser
Starring
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Natalie Portman, Devin Brochu, Rainn Wilson, Piper Laurie, John Carroll Lynch, Helen Slayton-Hughes, Monica Staggs
Music
François Tétaz
Cinematography
Morgan Susser
Runtime
106 min
Country
Taiwan, United States of America
Languages
English

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