The Hero

6/9/20171h 37m

Theatrical Release (US)

Overview:

Lee, a former Western film icon, is living a comfortable existence lending his golden voice to advertisements and smoking weed. After receiving a lifetime achievement award and unexpected news, Lee reexamines his past, while a chance meeting with a sardonic comic has him looking to the future.

Director:

Brett Haley

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$4,077,333.00

Key words:

comedian
marijuana
cancer
older man younger woman relationship
drugs
audition
aging actor
divorced man
divorced father
award
estranged daughter

Cast

Sam Elliott

~ as ~

Lee Hayden

Laura Prepon

~ as ~

Charlotte Dylan

Nick Offerman

~ as ~

Jeremy Frost

Krysten Ritter

~ as ~

Lucy Hayden

Katharine Ross

~ as ~

Valarie Hayden

Doug Cox

~ as ~

Doctor

Max Gail

~ as ~

Gary Babcock

Jackie Joyner

~ as ~

Betsy

Patrika Darbo

~ as ~

Diane

Ali Wong

~ as ~

Ali Wong

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Reviews (1)

Reno
Written 7 year(s) ago
6
The tale of an aging iconic actor!

This film is kind of honours Sam Elliott for his real life achievement. Anyway, he was phenomenal. The film was realistic, so most of the parts were slow moving. This is about an aging film actor, who has not worked on any projects recently. So desperate to get one, but sad news brings a speed breaker to his life. Now confused him, does not know how to approach the rest of the life. He starts with his family to fix the past mistake. The remaining tale focused on his other things.

It was Sam Elliott's major role in decades. This should be watched for him considering his real life as an actor. It will be a good film for those who have seen his old films, particularly westerns. The actor who did not just survived because of his iconic mustache and golden voice, but have given fine performances too. This was a too simple film. It do has emotions, but not appealing enough. I might slightly rated it low, but the film is good, at least for once watching.

6/10