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Our Hero, Balthazar

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A wealthy teenager from New York City tries to win over his activist crush by traveling to Texas and befriending a would-be mass shooter.

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Richard Whittaker Austin Chronicle It may start as a comedy but Our Hero, Balthazar becomes an increasingly uneasy watch. However, it may be an essential one. Jun 13, 2025 Full Review Ryan Lattanzio IndieWire “Our Hero, Balthazar” isn’t cold by any means, but the result comes off as more ethnographic in tone than the in-your-face bravado of the approach would suggest. Rated: B- Jun 10, 2025 Full Review Owen Gleiberman Variety It’s a cutting, audacious, and at times astonishing movie. Yet what makes it work is that Boyson, who cowrote the script with Ricky Camilleri, is truly onto something. Jun 10, 2025 Full Review David Gonzalez The Cinematic Reel Our Hero, Balthazar is not an easy watch, and its relentless intensity may alienate some viewers, but it’s a powerful work of social critique that demands to be seen. Rated: 4.5/5 Jun 17, 2025 Full Review Olga Artemyeva ScreenAnarchy Jaeden Martell in one of his best roles to date. ... The movie’s intonation can be both disturbing and devilishly hilarious. ... Has lots of macabre fun, picking at how little the online world has to do with actual reality. But then it goes further. Jun 17, 2025 Full Review John Fink The Film Stage Our Hero Balthazar is an effective entry point into a crisis that truly needs more coverage in both documentary and narrative cinema. Jun 14, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Oscar Boyson

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Jaeden Martell

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Asa Butterfield

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Chris Bauer

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Jennifer Ehle

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Anna Baryshnikov

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Movie Info

Synopsis A wealthy teenager from New York City tries to win over his activist crush by traveling to Texas and befriending a would-be mass shooter.
Director
Oscar Boyson
Producer
Oscar Boyson, Ricky Camilleri, Jon Wroblewski, David Duque-Estrada, Miles Skinner, Alex Hughes, Jaeden Martell
Screenwriter
Ricky Camilleri, Oscar Boyson
Production Co
Spacemaker Productions
Genre
Comedy, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 31m