Hesher (film)

Hesher is a 2010 American dark comedydrama film cowritten and directed by Spencer Susser and starring Joseph GordonLevitt, Rainn Wilson, Natalie Portman who also produced the film and Devin Brochu. It was written by Susser, David Michd and Brian Charles Frank. Screened at the Sundance Film Festival January 22, 2010, the film was released in the United States on May 13, 2011. Most of the songs on the films soundtrack are tracks from heavy metal bands Metallica and Motrhead.

After school, Dustin, a bully from the towing service, finds his car vandalized and blames T.J., who is saved and taken home by Nicole Natalie Portman, a grocery store clerk. Hesher witnesses Dustin attacking T.J., but does nothing. Later, Hesher sets Dustins car on fire, leading to police questioning T.J., but lack of evidence forces them to let him go. T.J. proceeds to spy on Nicole at the grocery store when Hesher appears and follows her home with T.J. She causes a fenderbender and is verbally assaulted by the other driver, when Hesher comes to her rescue by threatening him. He then takes Nicole and T.J. to a random house that is for sale. There, Hesher trashes the swimming pool and lights the diving board on fire before he shocks Nicole and T.J. by leaving them there alone. When the pair get back to Nicoles broken down car, it has a ticket in the window, at which point Nicole breaks down and cries about how bad her life is.Later that night, T.J. and Paul get into an argument over dinner. Madeleine is saddened that there is nothing she can do, and goes to her room. Hesher says hell walk with her in the morning, but the next morning, he finds her dead. T.J. steals his dads credit card and takes money to buy the car back, but is told its been removed. He decides to give the money to Nicole, but when he gets there she is having sex with Hesher, so he damages his van while telling both of them he doesnt want to see them again and leaves. ........

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