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Hesher: Directed by Spencer Susser. With Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Devin Brochu, Rainn Wilson, Piper Laurie. A young boy has lost his mother and is losing touch with his father and the world around him. Then he meets Hesher who manages to make his life even more chaotic.
After a brief hesitation T.J. and Paul run to catch up and take a place on each side with their hands on the casket to help Hesher push and also to join the walk with Grandma. The next day, Paul shaves for the first time in weeks and tells T.J. that Hesher is gone.
With a sweet performance as Grandma, Laurie proves again that she hasn’t lost her acting chops. She gives us an emotionally textured Grandma who is the antithesis of son Paul. Grandma wants to live life and enjoy and Laurie evokes same with nuance and perfectly timed dialogue.
Hesher: [pushing the casket] I told Grandma I was gonna go on a walk with her, so that's what I'm gonna do...
T.J., a high school freshman, lost his mother two months before in a car accident: his father pops pills and sits on the couch; his grandmother holds things together, chatting and cooking. T.J. wants the car back from the salvage yard where the owner's son is a bully.
Hesher involves T.J. in crime, the bully is omnipresent, mom's car is slipping away, dad has checked out, T.J. watches Nicole at work, and his grandma invites him to join her morning walk: the odds are long that T.J. can assemble a family to help him thrive.
After a brief hesitation T.J. and Paul run to catch up and take a place on each side with their hands on the casket to help Hesher push and also to join the walk with Grandma. The next day, Paul shaves for the first time in weeks and tells T.J. that Hesher is gone.
