HESHER

HESHER IS LOW LIFE CRIMINAL WHO MOVES IN WITH TJ, HIS DAD AND TJ'S GRANDMA, A FAMILY TRYING TO COPE WITH A TRAGEDY AND NOT DOING A GOOD JOB.  ALONG THE WAY, TJ IS BEFRIENDED BY NICOLE AND SEES HER AS A FRIEND, BUT ALSO HAS A CRUSH ON HER.
THIS MOVIE IS VERY EMOTIONAL BUT ALSO HAS SOME EXTREMELY FUNNY MOMENTS.  HESHER IS PLAYED BY JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT AS A MENACING VIOLENT THUG.  HE IS VERY CONVINCING JUST THROUGH SOME OF THE TERRIFYING LOOKS HE GETS ON HIS FACE, ALONG WITH HIS ERRATIC DEVIL-MAY-CARE ACTIONS.  TJ IS A 13 YEAR OLD TRYING TO COPE WITH ALL THE PROBLEMS GOING ON IN HIS LIFE WITH NOT VERY GOOD RESULTS.  HE IS PLAYED BY DEVIN BROCHU, A VERY TALENTED YOUNG ACTOR.  MANY TIMES TJ LASHES OUT IN ANGER AND BROCHU PULLS OFF THE EMOTIONS WELL.  RAINN WILSON PLAYS THE DAD.  HIS WAY OF DEALING WITH EVERYTHING IS MEDICATION AND SLEEP.  NICOLE IS PLAYED BY NATALIE PORTMAN WHO, BY ACCIDENT, GETS PULLED INTO THIS FAMILY AND JUST SORT OF RIDES ALONG WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING.  THROUGH UNCONVENTIONAL ACTIONS, HESHER GETS THROUGH TO TJ AND HIS DAD AND HELPS THEM GET ON THE ROAD TO NORMALCY.
RATING 3.5 OUT OF 5

THIS RENTAL DVD HAS DELETED SCENES, OUTTAKES, A BEHIND THE SCENES FEATURE AND OTHER EXTRAS.