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The Hero

An ailing movie star comes to terms with his past and mortality.
Duration: 96 min
Quality: HD
Release: 2017
IMDb: 6.5
Keywords:  #Brett Haley #Krysten Ritter #Laura Prepon #Sam Elliott #The Hero
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Detroit News
June 23, 2017
The script around him doesn't do Elliott or the character justice, and is a missed opportunity at a late-in-life comeback role for the one-time Western star.
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Seven Days
July 14, 2017
Rarely has a mainstream film taken as unflinching a look at aging and illness without losing its sense of humor.
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Denerstein Unleashed
August 28, 2017
[Elliot's] a pleasure to watch, but a little more movie would have been welcome, too.
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Globe and Mail
June 23, 2017
Two good things are not enough to goose this all-too-familiar tale of a selfish man who wakes up one day, realizes that he blew it and scrambles to fix it before it's too late.
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Buffalo News
July 20, 2017
There are no surprises here, and the whole affair is a bit too modest. But Elliott's voice and his face have a lived-in quality that is unforgettable. The actor makes The Hero an enjoyable, worthy drama.
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Seattle Times
June 20, 2017
Nothing terribly novel here, but director Brett Haley has assembled a strong cast and a generous spirit, and Elliott has a way of finding poetry in silent gaze, speaking his lines as if written on velvet.
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Original Cin
August 10, 2017
Not a lot happens in The Hero. Yet it is a deeply affecting warts-and-all rumination on thwarted ambitions, failed marriages and filial relationships gone sideways.
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Toronto Star
June 22, 2017
Is there an American actor of more meaningful solitude than Sam Elliott?
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
June 22, 2017
Elliott does some of his finest work in one of the best movies in his career, a drama that feels like a biography.
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Spokesman-Review (Washington)
July 14, 2017
Most of all, it benefits from the presence of Sam Elliott, still abiding after all these years.
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The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
August 22, 2017
If Sam Elliott wasn't in it, The Hero would feel like a slog.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 29, 2017
It's one of his finest and most memorable performances. Unfortunately, the script fails to rise to the level of Elliott's artistry.
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