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| Paramount Pictures | Release Date: April 2, 1982 |
Starring:
Margot Kidder, Richard Pryor
Summary:
A Vietnam vet (Richard Pryor) returns home from a prisoner of war camp and is greeted as a hero, but is quickly forgotten and soon discovers how tough survival is in his own country.
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A smooth and agreeable entertainment, Hero is easy to enjoy while you're watching it. But ultimately it adds up to far less than you hope for at the outset. [3 Apr 1982, p.C1]
It's obvious Some Kind Of Hero was never meant to be more than what it
is - a cute "uplifting" comedy - but Pryor's performance pushes your
expectations. It makes you wish someone would give him an honest dramatic
part, and that he could work with a director who wouldn't let him get away
with his transparent heart-tugging tricks. Director Michael Pressman has a
good touch with his actors, but falters structurally to accommodate
Kirkwood's script. [3 Apr 1982]
There's also nothing here that has much to do with what makes Prior such a powerful artist. [2 Apr 1982, p.3-6]
This is funny? Yes, as Pryor does it--not as knee-slapping farce, mind you, but as the painful comedy of endured humiliation of which he is the master... But it's high time Pryor stopped redeeming badly made movies and surrounded himself with talents equal to his own. [12 Apr 1982, p.87]
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