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The Hero rests on Sam Elliott's understated performance, which proves more than capable of carrying the film through the less inspired moments of its somewhat clichéd story.
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It's one of his finest and most memorable performances. Unfortunately, the script fails to rise to the level of Elliott's artistry. June 29, 2017 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
It's one of his finest and most memorable performances. Unfortunately, the script fails to rise to the level of Elliott's artistry.
Calvin Wilson
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. June 23, 2017 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
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.
Johanna Schneller
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. June 23, 2017 | Rating: C | Full Review…
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.
Adam Graham
Is there an American actor of more meaningful solitude than Sam Elliott? June 22, 2017 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Is there an American actor of more meaningful solitude than Sam Elliott?
Peter Howell
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. June 20, 2017 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
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.
Moira MacDonald
Of course the main selling point is Sam Elliott aka Lee Hayden. I don't even know who makes that barbecue sauce Lee is touting at the beginning of the film or whether it's really good or just mass-produced glop, but based on that voiceover, I'd buy it. June 16, 2017 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Of course the main selling point is Sam Elliott aka Lee Hayden. I don't even know who makes that barbecue sauce Lee is touting at the beginning of the film or whether it's really good or just mass-produced glop, but based on that voiceover, I'd buy it.
Richard Roeper
It's Elliott's insight that makes a film like The Hero, which covers absolutely no new ground in the memento mori subgenre of drama, feel almost essential. March 25, 2020 | Full Review…
It's Elliott's insight that makes a film like The Hero, which covers absolutely no new ground in the memento mori subgenre of drama, feel almost essential.
Dan Scully
The Hero is all about the journey. And this one is slow, languid and reflective, just like Sam Elliott. There's a quiet brooding to the film that is both poignant and wistful. October 30, 2019 | Full Review…
The Hero is all about the journey. And this one is slow, languid and reflective, just like Sam Elliott. There's a quiet brooding to the film that is both poignant and wistful.
Debbie Lynn Elias
Elliott is as magnetic as ever, but very little here feels authentic. September 28, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
Elliott is as magnetic as ever, but very little here feels authentic.
Daniel Barnes
The Hero is at its best when it drifts through Lee's pain and rich inner life, regardless of whether mining his foibles or comedy or tragedy. July 17, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
The Hero is at its best when it drifts through Lee's pain and rich inner life, regardless of whether mining his foibles or comedy or tragedy.
Dominic Griffin
The pacing problem becomes more apparent, and the story falls flat with so many people putting so much into it. May 24, 2019 | Rating: 6.5/10 | Full Review…
The pacing problem becomes more apparent, and the story falls flat with so many people putting so much into it.
Kaitlyn Booth
Sam Elliot's performance, maybe his best, is a big reason to see this film but the thought-provoking story, with its heart and hopefulness, is a winner as well. April 30, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Sam Elliot's performance, maybe his best, is a big reason to see this film but the thought-provoking story, with its heart and hopefulness, is a winner as well.
Cate Marquis
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