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(Re)Master of Puppets
Not even Joseph Gordon-Levitt can save Hesher
HESHER: Directed by Spencer Susser. Written
by Spencer Susser and David Michod. Story by
Brian Charles Frank. Cinematography, Morgan
Susser. Editors, Spencer Susser and Michael
McCusker. Music, Francois Tetaz. Starring
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Natalie Portman,
Devin Brochu, Piper Laurie and Rainn Wilson.
Newmarket Films, 2011. R. 100 minutes.
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’d thought I would follow Joseph
Gordon-Levitt anywhere. The former
Third Rock from the Sun kid has taken
a skipping, adventurous path through indie
and mainstream fi lm, alternating roles like
the motormouthed young detective in Rian
Johnson’s smart high school noir Brick
with turns in the likes of G.I. Joe. I used
to save up William Gibson novels, forever
staying one behind so I knew I’d always
have one more to read; now I save Gordon-
Levitt fi lms. Knowing that Mysterious
Skin is still out there, buried in my Netfl ix
queue, means I can watch the underrated
The Lookout again.
But I can’t get behind Hesher, in
which Gordon-Levitt semi-stars as the
title character, a metalhead drifter who
washes up in the life of young, sad T.J.
(Devin Brochu). Put upon by a redheaded
bully, ignored by his pill-popping father
(Rainn Wilson) and doted on, vaguely,
by his misty grandma (Piper Laurie), T.J.
runs into Hesher in an unfi nished housing
development. Their encounter, brief but
explosive, leads inexplicably to Hesher
taking up residence in the family garage.
Maybe they let him stick around
because no one’s sure how to stand up
to him, or maybe it’s that he climbs a
telephone pole with a screwdriver and
upgrades the family television package so
it gets more channels. Hesher’s provenance
is irrelevant. He’s a plot device brought in
to shake up T.J.’s life, to make him ballsy
enough to swear or stand up to a bully or
face the pain that’s smothering his family.
For a little while, I entertained the
possibility that Hesher might be a better
movie were Gordon-Levitt’s character
like the giant rabbit in Harvey, invisible
to all but T.J. Grief-striken, hormonal kid
cooks up a troublemaking fi gment of his
hormonally spiked imagination! But this
guy is for real. Well, sort of.
Hesher is a sad-kid movie with heavy
metal frosting. Gordon-Levitt, a twinkle in
his eye and grit in his voice, throws himself
into his role as designated shit-stirrer, but
the part is a series of quips and descriptive
cues: Hesher likes metal and dirty jokes!
And has funny, aggressive tattoos! And
asks questions one might generally describe
as socially inappropriate! But he’s nice to
old ladies and has enough of a heart of gold
to help T.J. get in touch with his fearless
side, and help Pops wake up a little bit.
As for Nicole (Natalie Portman), the nice,
vaguely feisty grocery store clerk on whom
T.J. has a whopper of a crush, well, Hesher
can probably help her with her sadness
too, if you know what I mean. Hesher does
whatever he wants; conveniently, the other
characters often want those things, too.
Hesher has its deeply, peculiarly funny
moments — mostly due to Gordon-Levitt’s
delivery, like when he manages to make
the deployment of an explosive almost
forcefully casual — but they’re so few and
far between that you’re better off waiting
for someone to compile all Hesher’s bits
of bizarro-wisdom into one three-minute
YouTube video.
You’ve seen sad-kid movies before. In
most of them, the kid, usually a boy, learns
a Valuable Life Lesson and then there’s
a cathartic moment. Adding Pabst and
Metallica doesn’t quite qualify as changing
the formula. Despite the involvement of
Animal Kingdom writer David Michod,
Hesher is as safe and shallow as its title
ew
character is id-driven and profane.
JUST GO WITH IT PG-13
3:15, 9:55
THE KING’S SPEECH PG-13
3:35, 9:45
LIMITLESS PG-13
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MARS NEEDS MOMS PG
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PAUL R
12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40,10:15
RANGO PG
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7:30, 8:45,10:00
SUCKER PUNCH PG-13
12:30, 7:05
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24 MAY 19, 2011
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