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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Shockya.com (657) on 31 May 2017

Director Haley's intention by having his hero staring wistfully into the distance may be to show that his film about a has-been movie personality…

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By Sean Burns (1,156) for Spliced Personality (175) on 04 May 2017

Haley strains too hard for profundity at times, but Elliott's pitch-perfect performance is one for the books…

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By Bradley Gibson (126) for Film Threat (5,156) on 11 Apr 2017

Sam Elliott is pitch perfect in this film about facing mortality feeling unfinished…

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By Michael Fairbanks (50) for The Young Folks (1,024) on 11 Feb 2017

The film itself is as understated as the western stars it so clearly idolizes. Always consistent but never quite breaking out into anything different…

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By Fred Topel (1,193) for We Live Entertainment (357) on 04 Feb 2017

The Hero is a great vehicle for Sam Elliott. He fully commits to the performance but the script is very contrived drama…

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By Chris Bumbray (988) for JoBlo's Movie Emporium (1,959) on 31 Jan 2017

A great star-turn from the perennially underrated Sam Elliot…

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By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 30 Jan 2017

Alas, the movie mostly falls apart when it has to start putting an actual story together, presenting and resolving conflicts, that kinda thing…

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By Jon Frosch (191) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 28 Jan 2017

Luckily, Elliott succeeds in pulling you into Lee's emotional orbit and holding you there even when the movie falters…

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By Eric Kohn (1,203) for Indiewire (3,631) on 28 Jan 2017

With Elliott front and center of every scene, The Hero pulls off the kind of acting showcase that its fictional star can never achieve…

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By Matt Joseph (48) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 28 Jan 2017

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…

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By Peter Debruge (1,557) for Variety (12,700) on 28 Jan 2017

Haley and Basch have mistaken what the AARP calls “movies for grownups” for a kind of mushy feel-good pablum, throwing together a handful…

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By Robert Abele (1,309) for TheWrap (3,203) on 28 Jan 2017

It’s as if Haley viewed his star’s strengths — laconic wit, unforced masculinity, polite romanticism — as the only elements needed…

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By Nick Allen (397) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 28 Jan 2017

Haley's movie is marred by a clear limit to its poetry, and the way it has little tact with references to the title star…

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By Sara Stewart (700) for New York Post (6,650) on 26 Jan 2017

Elliott's a master of understatement, and just watching him stare off into the distance, mulling mortality with a weathered cowboy stance,…

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By Dan Mecca (208) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 25 Jan 2017

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…

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By Scott Beggs (28) for Nerdist (550) on 24 Jan 2017

This particular movie allows us a profound, sweet glimpse into this man's dreams, and in a world dominated by explosively loud cinema, this…

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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for Salt Lake Tribune (1,927) on 24 Jan 2017

Sam Elliott proves he's more than just a rugged Western icon in The Hero, a lovely comedy-drama about a lifetime of achievement…

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By Katie Walsh (1,279) for The Playlist (3,871) on 22 Jan 2017

The Hero feels looser, more abstract, and more symbolically ambitious than the winsome “I’ll See You In My Dreams,” and at times you…

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