Hesher was a dick!


I loved the film but Hesher was just a dick. He was a bully for starters and took advantage of a vulnerable kid who he saw as an easy target. As soon as a he saw how shell-shocked the family was he again took advantage and moved right in. And shagging T.J's crush was unforgivable. Finding an empty house and trashing it? Defacing their own house when they got shot of him? I get how he helped in the 2nd to last scene but that didn't make up for anything. And last but not least, basing this dick of a character on Cliff? BLASPHEMY!!!

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True---I just watched it, and yeah, Hesher was a complete,selfish a**hole---even the few things he did that were good, like saving the T.J. from getting beat up that last time by the school bully, and helping the grandma out, didn't make up for the fact that he was one disrespectful,arrogant piece of s***, and all the other *beep* s*** he did. The father should have came out of his depression long enough to kick Hesher's sorry a** the hell out of his house,and call the cops on him---that's what would have actually happened in real life,anyway. The young actor who played T.J. was really good though---he really made you feel what that character was going, and Gordon-Levitt was excellent as usual,as he is in practically everything I've seen him in (even though, like you said, his character was an absolute *beep* dick, and should have gotten his a** kicked more. I was glad when T.J. finally kicked him in his you-know-what---he deserved it for constantly getting him in trouble.


Other then that, it was a pretty good coming-of-age/dealing with loss drama, even though Hesher did some pretty unbelievable things--seems liked he was just a hook to rope an audience into watching this flick.

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Who the *beep* said he was based on Cliff????? You just need to die

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Who the hell is Cliff?

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Well, all I know is...itโ€™s not Cliff Richard ๐Ÿ˜‚

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"Like a force of nature, Hesher's anarchy shakes the family out of their grief and helps them embrace life once more."

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