Hesher
Newmarket Films | Release Date: May 13, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
13
Negative:
7
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
New York PostKyle SmithMay 13, 2011
Unlike many films that hope to be called black comedy, it does not skimp on either the black or the comedy. Read full review
80
NPRBob MondelloMay 13, 2011
Director Spencer Susser doesn't try to make Hesher anything other than a sociopath - a walking, profanity-spewing id - and to his credit, neither does Gordon-Levitt. Read full review
75
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottJul 15, 2011
There's meaning, great meaning, in Susser's wonderfully oddball little film. Read full review
75
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanMay 16, 2011
Bad role models sometimes make the most interesting movie characters. The ill-mannered, unkempt, foulmouthed and hot-tempered title character of Hesher is just such a walking contradiction. Read full review
75
Rolling StonePeter TraversMay 12, 2011
As played by the spectacular Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Hesher is the id run rampant. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTy BurrMay 12, 2011
It's a fearsome and giddily unhinged performance in a movie that isn't entirely sure what to do with it. Read full review
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