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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 Jun 13
It may start as a comedy but Our Hero, Balthazar becomes an increasingly uneasy watch. However, it may be an essential one. Go to Full Review Ryan Lattanzio IndieWire Jun 10
B-
“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. Go to Full Review Owen Gleiberman Variety Jun 10
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. Go to Full Review Blake Howard One Heat Minute 6d
3.5/4
What’s bracing is the film’s refusal to settle into a single, comfortingly moral angle. Instead, it asks: who benefits from the stories we tell about these boys, and what do those narratives let everyone else off the hook for? Go to Full Review Marie Saadeh Exclaim! Jun 25
8/10
[Oscar Boyson] holds up the mirror to the absurdity of the cultural and political moment plagued by masculinity in crisis and the performance of social media. Go to Full Review David Gonzalez The Cinematic Reel Jun 17
4.5/5
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. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Oscar Boyson

Director

Becky Ann Baker

Actor

Anna Baryshnikov

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Chris Bauer

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Asa Butterfield

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Noah Centineo

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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
Oscar Boyson, Ricky Camilleri
Production Co
Spacemaker Productions
Genre
Comedy, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 31m