Hesher is one of those movies you want to like, because it stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Natalie Portman and it’s off-balanced. Unfortunately it doesn’t know what it wants to be though, and with a main character as unlikable as fingernails on a chalkboard, We Got This Covered couldn't get into it.
A strange, unpleasant film that lacks the tools to successfully get its point across; it knows what it wants to say but not what it wants to be. Full review by Chris Pandolfi.
Metro Times: For those not versed in dated mall lingo, a "hesher" was a particular breed of long-haired, pre-grunge headbanger, similar to a burnout; but usually distinguished by more grime and a nastier attitude. Joseph Gordon-Levitt has attitude in spades as the title character, a living personification of the scraggly social misfits who'd do donuts in suburban parking lots.
Detroit News: Hesher is a beautiful mess.
With his long, scraggly hair, skin-and-bones bod and obscene, amateurish tattoos, he looks like some heavy metal washout.
But then one of the beauties of "Hesher" is you never really know who he is, or where he came from. He's a wastoid of mystery.
Yet another disappointing score. 6??? The trailer and cast looked so promising too.
Ah well it's the first review I've seen hopefully others like it more.
That is a slightly disappointing score for a movie that seems to have such promise. I'll still check it out. Hope it doesn't turn out to be disappointing like this review implies though.