A bullied little boy grieving the death of his mother strikes up an unlikely friendship with a Metallica-loving anarchist in this tender yet unsentimental childhood drama. In the wake of his mother's recent death, 13-year-old TJ (Devin Brochu) finds the bumpy road to emotional recovery all the more difficult due to the dual facts that he’s bullied at school and that his father (Rainn Wilson) has become a vacant pill-head. Just when it seems like things couldn’t possibly get any worse, TJ strikes up an...more
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Metal like a Christmas card.
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Headbangs straight into your heart.
45 out of 100 Metascore®
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Hesher=good :) by thereseO Wild & Whacky: Great "student meets film geek theater". Loved that Natalie Portman supported this group of film students & that she is fortuituous enough to...
Awesome Movie!! by christybell My husband and I both loved this movie. It was incredible. I laughed and I cried, and it had a great ending. I highly recommend it! The acting was great and...
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