Grieving is one thing, being nonchalant is another. When these two scenarios come together we had Hesher (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) – a heavy metal, malevolent but kind-hearted guy to save your day.
The movie greeted us with an early teen, TJ (David Brochu) wounded by the recent death of his mother. Fail to purchase the wasted car, which his mother died inside, as a memory. He became a trouble stricken kid and runs into a bigger firecracker, Hesher. TJ cost Hesher his shelter, thus resulted the uninvited Hesher to his place.
The title character Hesher was a deviant person; he walked into your life without your consensus. As the story developed, we learnt that he had his own way in helping people. The metaphor he told, might seem a little difficult to digest but he meant every word he said. He might not even know his words have indeed effect on other people. He never sugarcoated his words, he said whatever he wanted, did whatever he wanted. And they were not always bad. It was just the way he acted might be misleading sometimes but his intentions were good.
When Hesher was spotted on the couch in their living room, TJ’s dad, Paul (Rainn Wilson) only asked who he was. May be it’s due to his intimidating appearance or Paul was too tired to bother to deal with the intruder. Not long we found him having dinner with their family and bonding quickly with TJ’s grandma. Somehow Hesher blended in the family. He might seem nonchalant, however, his action said the other. This was proven by the way he helped TJ and his reaction after grandma’s death.
Sure there were a lot of problems existing in the family. The father and son duo were traumatized by the death and grandma was trying to get a hold of the boys. And even Natalie Portman’s /producer character had a lot to offer. Life isn't perfect as we all do aware of. It’s about how to make every second counts instead of blaming the world and hating everything.
Sometimes grieving overshadowed the bright future we have in front of us. I am not saying we should put all the sadness away. It’s just that we should remember, no matter what happens, there are always two sides of a story.
