Release dates
September 19, 2017
93 months agoDVD / VOD / Blu-ray
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The Hero release date
The movie The Hero is already released on Cinema, DVD, VOD and Blu-ray in the USA.
What the critics say
Based on 12 reviews, The Hero gets an average review score of 65
The cancer-diagnosis plot device is certainly well-worn and can often be viciously maudlin, but Haley does well in utilizing it as a means to work on something a bit more nuanced. This is a film about coming to the end of things, not unlike his last film I’ll See You In My Dreams, and being alright with all that’s past. The Hero is a bittersweet celebration of life, with laughs and tears in equal measure.
2877d ago
“The Hero” feels looser, more abstract, and more symbolically ambitious than the winsome “I’ll See You In My Dreams,” and at times you wish for a bit more narrative rigor. But it’s nonetheless a resonant depiction of a man fearlessly reckoning with his life, his image and, most importantly, his heart. Sam Elliott could not be more compelling.
2877d ago
This film belongs to its star.
2877d ago
Playing a former star given a second chance at life, the legendary actor gets a rare spotlight – and the role of a career.
2877d ago
It’s great to see Sam Elliott in a starring role, but The Hero isn’t worth his talents.
2877d ago
In The Hero, Sam Elliott plays Lee Hayden, an aging, mostly out-of-work actor--the cowboy roles in which he used to specialize have all but disappeared.
2877d ago
Sam Elliott stars as an aging actor confronting mortality — and romancing a younger woman played by Laura Prepon — in Brett Haley's film, premiering in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at Sundance.
2877d ago
Anchored by a top-notch performance from its lead, The Hero surpasses its cliches and becomes an ideal vehicle for its star. In Sam Elliot we trust.
2877d ago
Sam Elliott is Sam Elliott as Sam Elliott in “The Hero,” a sentimental and sporadically effective celebration of the veteran character actor.
2877d ago
Unfortunately, Elliott’s calmly affecting performance is overwhelmed by a doggedly conventional screenplay that often plays like end-of-life wish-fulfillment fantasy.
2877d ago
The role of Sam Elliott's career turns out to be one that isn't so far removed from who he is in real life.
2877d ago
Built around Hollywood’s favorite gravelly-voiced cowboy gentleman, this hackneyed, predictable senior drama doesn’t burnish his strengths.
2877d ago