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The Hero (2017)

June. 09,2017
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Lee, a former Western film icon, is living a comfortable existence lending his golden voice to advertisements and smoking weed. After receiving a lifetime achievement award and unexpected news, Lee reexamines his past, while a chance meeting with a sardonic comic has him looking to the future.

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Karry
2017/06/09

Best movie of this year hands down!

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BootDigest
2017/06/10

Such a frustrating disappointment

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VividSimon
2017/06/11

Simply Perfect

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Afouotos
2017/06/12

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

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adonis98-743-186503
2017/06/13

An ailing movie star comes to terms with his past and mortality. Thanks to an amazing and inspiring perfomance from Sam Elliot (who is better than ever) The Hero provides a moving and intelligent love story about 2 people with a big age difference but also the meaning of life and true love and how one role can change one person's life forever and become an icon threw that. (9/10)

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Juliet van Ree
2017/06/14

As the title of my review says I believe this to be the most honest movie in years. Now I know that sounds like a contradiction because movies are usually for entertainment and don't need much honesty. But this movie is different.Of course it is entertaining and contains humor. But more than humor it contains an insight to getting older, dealing with loss and still being able to find joy. This movie doesn't polish away the less beautiful sides of life and it doesn't ignore controversial topics. The writer did an excellent job providing a great story and this movie should be rewarded for that. But even more it should be rewarded for the actors who are so much in character that you don't know if it's acting or truth. Warning spoiler ahead: One scene in particular was amazing. It is the scene where the Sam Elliott does a script reading with Nick Offerman. In this scene both are moved to tears. Now the fact that it's a script reading within a movie (script within a script) and that they still made it look so real is unbelievable. I can understand how this movie is not for everyone. A lot of people will simply live too much in the now to feel comfortable with watching these topics that aren't easy. But if you do, please go watch this. You will not regret it and possibly it will even give you inspiration and comfort for hard times to come.

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galahad58-1
2017/06/15

Not sure why people go all gaga when an older actor makes a movie about being an older actor. This is one of the worse renditions of an older actor playing an older actor though. The script is awful as can be - it is poorly written and the majority of the movie is Sam Elliot getting high.These types of movies are supposed to make you feel something positive for the main character, but I didn't like his character at all.A movie that really should not have been made. Not the old character movies that Clint Eastwood makes in any way, shape or form.

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namashi_1
2017/06/16

Some Actors are so talented, that they just suck you into their world. Be it pain, happiness, sorrow or any emotion that one can emote, they just make you feel whats happening to them. Its eerily real. And Sam Elliott is among those blessed talents. Have any doubts? Watch 'The Hero'. Simple.In this predicable story of an aged man looking back at his mistakes & achievements before giving his final goodbye, Elliott transforms as Lee Hayden, a yesteryear movie star, now ailing, who must come in terms with morality & the passage of time. All his mistakes, his relationships, his career highlights to his life as a whole, Elliott's Lee Hayden gives it a final look back & tries to mend of the things, he ruined for his own reasons. Lee tries to back at what he lost, beginning with his ex-wife (Katharine Ross, in great form) & daughter (Krysten Ritter, so good it hurts), as well as realizing that his career as a movie star is now coming to an end. What he gains, however in this journey, is a friend who smokes up weed (Nick Offerman, flawless) & a younger women who indulges with Lee with passion & maturity (Laura Prepon, sexy & natural). But with illness not refusing to leave, Lee must make the most of the time he has left.Marc Basch & Brett Haley's Screenplay is predictable & one might get glimpses of The Wrestler or Crazy Heart, and yet its engaging & moving. Though a tighter second-hour would've done wonders, the Writing luckily never goes off track. It remains a story on life & mortality & offers moments of genuine heartache. Brett Haley's Direction is subtle, but effective. Cinematography & Editing are well-done. And at the center of 'The Hero' is Sam Elliott. The Legendary Actor delivers a knockout performance that is sure to leave you in awe. He sinks his teeth into the part & brings it out with flying colors. Oscar Attention would truly be the best justification of his portrayal.On the whole, 'The Hero' reminds us what a volcano of talent Sam Elliott still is. Watch it for him. You'll be rewarded.

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