Director: Brett Haley
Genre: Drama/
Romance
Runtime: 96
minutes
Year:
2017
Starring: Sam Elliott,
Nick Offerman, Laura Prepon, Krysten Ritter, Katherine Ross
Description: An ailing
movie star (Sam Elliott) comes to terms with his past and mortality.
Review: Lee Hayden has put his best years behind him after his one and only good
movie, The Hero. Now he makes his living doing voice-overs and commercials. When
he is told he is suffering from terminal pancreatic cancer, he can’t bring
himself to tell his estranged family. When he meets comedian Charlotte Dylan,
his life suddenly gets a boost. Lee is faced with the emotional conflict that
his career can make a comeback, while his death stares him in the eye.
“The Hero” could have been a
fairly mediocre film if it wasn’t for Sam Elliott, who is a true force of
nature in this film. He carries the film, with some support from especially
Nick Offerman, who I loved in his role. Elliott really knows how to create a
character you can empathize with, even with him having a lot of faults and
imperfections.
Seriously, without Sam
Elliott, this movie would be forgettable and disposable.
Rating: 3,5/
5
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