Hesher is about a father and son who can’t move on after the mother is killed in a car crash. Their process is “aided” by Hesher, a violent whack-job played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who invades their lives and causes random mayhem.

This movie is just bizarre. There is much in it that makes no sense. The kid T.J. is like 9 years old, yet he appears to be going to high school; that’s fine if he was some kind of prodigy, but frankly he seemed a little retarded to me. Natalie Portman (who again proves to be a bad sign in movies) continues her strange quest to prove to the world that she is not beautiful; personally, I think she should just enjoy it and start picking films that emphasize it, rather than trying to pretend that somewhere in this world there are lonely cashiers that look like her. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is a good actor, but really he just spends this entire film acting bat-shit crazy. It’s fun, but after a while a bit disconcerting, especially since the story never seems to be progressing anywhere. When they finally have to resolve everything at the very end, it’s painfully weird and inadequate, and leaves you with the feeling that father and son might have healed in the same amount of time if Hesher had never shown up at all.

I can’t really recommend this film. It’s exceedingly strange, and almost pointless.