Hesher is a dark comedy movie written and directed by Spenser Susser.first screening at Sundance Film Festival 2011 on january 22 2011.and this film was release at United States on May 13,2011..and more likely,most of the songs on this film soundtrack is from Metallica and Motohead.these 2 bands are my favourite of all time..hehe.no wonder lah why my housemate many times suggest to me,he know i liked Metallica and Motohead..Starring Natalie Portman as Nicole,Rainn Wilson as Paul Forney,and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Hesher.
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 (Rainn Wilson) and he are forced to live with T.J.'s elderly absent-minded grandmother (Piper Laurie).
After an argument with his father, T.J. goes into a construction project on his way to school, where he crashes his bicycle upon hitting a beam. Angrily, he throws an object into a bay window of a seemingly unoccupied project home and breaks it. This disturbs a squatting resident named Hesher (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), who threatens T.J., but when a cop arrives, Hesher tosses an explosive into the police car and flees. T.J. goes to school where he again encounters Hesher, smoking a cigarette in the school's staircase, before getting beaten and humiliated by Dustin, a schoolyard bully.
After school, Dustin finds his car vandalized (presumably by Hesher) and chases T.J. into the parking lot of a local supermarket. A young woman, grocery clerk Nicole (Natalie Portman), jumps into the fight, defending T.J., and gives him a ride home — where, to his surprise, Hesher walks in and makes himself at home. T.J. is disconcerted but unsure what to do about the intrusion; T.J.'s grandmother, however, takes kindly to the young stranger, treating him as a grandson-type figure. Later that night during dinner, grandma Forney remarks she would like T.J. to walk with her, and T.J. responds that he has to attend school. Hesher, irritated by T.J.'s defiance, states in his usual vulgar manner that a walk with his grandmother is more important than school, citing the danger of "granny rapists."
The next day at school, Dustin catches up with T.J. in the boys bathroom, forcing his head into a urinal as he demands that T.J. eat the urinal cake. Hesher appears, watches for a moment, and walks away. Feeling betrayed, T.J. confronts Hesher about doing nothing to defend him, after which Hesher asks T.J. into his van; they go to Dustin's house, and Hesher sets Dustin's car on fire. The next morning, the police arrive to Mrs. Forney's house to bring T.J. in for questioning, but no subsequent charges are filed due to lack of evidence.
The following day, T.J. goes to the supermarket in which Nicole works to observe her, unbeknownst to him, Hesher had followed him there. After Nicole has finished her shift, Hesher and T.J. follow her in Hesher's van, until she hits another vehicle in a rear-end collision. Hesher scares off the other driver by pinning the blame on him, and subsequently offers a ride to Nicole due to her car failing to start. Once in the van, Hesher takes Nicole and T.J. to "his uncle's" house and the three swim. Once there, Hesher acts belligerently, throwing virtually everything into the pool, and using lighter fluid to set the diving board on fire, then jumping off. Shortly afterward, Hesher leaves suddenly, claiming he has a doctors appointment, because "it burns when [he] urinates". After T.J. and Nicole realize Hesher lied about it being his uncle's house, they walk back to Nicole's car. Nicole, due to leaving her vehicle parked illegally, subsequently gets a ticket, about which she falls into depression, seemingly because she has a 'dead end' life, a 'dead end' job, and can't afford to pay for her lifestyle.
Once back at the house, Hesher asks about the confrontation, to which T.J. responds negatively, bitter towards Hesher's carefree attitude. He then goes to a junkyard, where the car in which his mother died is in the process of being crushed. It is there that he bumps into the bully Dustin (who works there), and is intimidated and saddened that there is no way to get the vehicle back. Later that night, T.J. and his father get into an argument over dinner, in which Hesher is in the middle, resulting in both smashing their plates to the ground. Grandma subsequently is saddened that there is 'nothing she can do', and goes to her room. Hesher soon goes into her room where they make random conversation and Hesher teaches her how to smoke from a water bong, telling her 'it's much better than cigarettes'. Hesher then promises to go walking with her in the morning. The next morning, Hesher walks in to find she had died.
With the family thrown into an even deeper depression, and Hesher's influence rubbing off on them, Hesher angrily says he needs time to himself, in fear he'll 'hurt someone', and runs off. T.J. then goes to Nicole's apartment in hopes of giving her money to pay for her ticket, but subsequently walks in on Hesher and Nicole having sex. Angered, T.J. beats on Hesher's car, threatens to hit him, calls Nicole a 'fat prostitute', and rides off on his bike. He goes back to the house, and destroys all of Hesher's possessions that are in the garage, and takes a pair of cutting shears. With vengeance in his heart, T.J. goes to Dustin's house, where he threatens to cut off Dustin's toes if he doesn't tell the truth about the car being destroyed. This plan backfires, and Dustin angrily pins T.J. to the ground, unaware that Hesher is outside the sliding door. Hesher then cuts off part of Dustin's nose, and T.J., still bitter at Hesher, runs off, saying he never wants to see him again.
T.J. then goes to the junkyard to sit in his mother's car (now atop many other junked cars) and ends up falling asleep in the back seat. The next morning, the car is picked up and ready to be crushed, when T.J. falls through the windshield. Angry, T.J. watches the car crushed, and walks off bitterly. A few hours later, T.J. and his father attend the funeral of grandma, at which time Hesher (now drunk) makes a vulgar speech that signifies the gift of family, and portrays one bad thing can be made into a good. At the reception, Hesher, with his usual defiance, tells T.J. he promised to walk with her (grandma), and ends up wheeling the casket outside, so as to walk along with T.J. and his father.
The next day, Paul shaves and apparently is out of his depression, realizing the message Hesher was trying to get across. He then shows T.J. the block that was his mother's car, that Hesher had procured from the junkyard and placed in the driveway. Hesher then disappears, with a final act of defiance, vandalizing their roof with "Hesher was here" without them knowing.
If u like dark comedy and wanna know what dark comedy film is..i suggest to u to watch this movie for start.
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