Hesher is a 2011 American "dark humor" drama film written and directed by Spencer Susser and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rainn Wilson, and Natalie Portman. First screened at the Sundance Film Festival January 22, 2010, the film was released in the United States on May 13, 2011. Most of the songs on the film's soundtrack are tracks from American heavy metal band Metallica and British hard rockers Motörhead.
Following the loss of his mother in a car crash, T.J (Devin Brochu) falls into a state of depression, and social isolation. His pill popping father Paul (Rainn Wilson) and he live with T.J.'s elderly absent-minded grandmother Madeleine (Piper Laurie).
T.J. is emotionally attached to the wrecked car, follows it to the garage when it is towed away, and enters it without authorization. Young assistant Dustin is ordered to chase T.J. away, but T.J. hurts him by turning the window up. T.J. falls off his bicycle and angrily breaks a window of a house under construction. This disturbs a squatting resident named Hesher (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), who threatens T.J., but when a cop arrives, Hesher tosses an explosive out the window and flees.
After school, Dustin finds his car vandalized
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"Hesher is the story of a family struggling to deal with loss and the anarchist who helps them do it—in a very unexpected way.
TJ is 13 years old. Two months ago, his mom was killed in an accident, leaving TJ and his grieving dad to move in with grandma to pick up the pieces. Hesher is a loner. He hates the world—and everyone in it. He has long, greasy hair and homemade tattoos. He likes fire and blowing things up. He lives in his van—until he meets TJ.
Hesher is that rare film that manages to be a completely original vision, a thoroughly entertaining story, and a provocative metaphor. Joseph Gordon-Levitt brings the character of Hesher to life with anger and angst, and Devin Brochu makes quite a splash as the young boy dealing with both the loss of his mother and an unwanted houseguest. Cowriter/director Spencer Susser crafts a multidimensional, darkly humorous film that exhibits an immensely talented storyteller at work."
Quoting the description from the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.