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Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

One of my all time favorites.

In truth, any opportunity to see the film on the big screen is welcome.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

My wife and I are retired and watch movies for relaxation and enjoyment. This one was disappointing, to say the least. We expected Sam Elliott to be portrayed as the laid back, yet wise, and lovable curmudgeon that that was a vital part of his past demeanor in Hollywood land. There were traces of that in the film but that was overshadowed by him not acting as the actor we expected as an integral part of, yet aloof from the rest; but as an aging pot head and druggy indulging in behavior a bit extreme for his age, at least in the main. It would have been put to a fitter portrayal by a younger more vigorous actor who viewers would understand as seemingly plausible. The director and writers have either attempted to place their own agenda into an unlikely scenario---and have missed the mark. As for us. It was a waste of time.

An ailing movie star comes to terms with his past and mortality. Thanks to an amazing and inspiring perfomance from Sam Elliot (who is better than ever) The Hero provides a moving and intelligent love story about 2 people with a big age difference but also the meaning of life and true love and how one role can change one person's life forever and become an icon threw that. (9/10)

Sam Elliot, the guy his voice, his mustache and gravitas was the hero of this movie, for without it the movie would be all but unwatchable, whereas with him you are mesmerized to watch to the end where you realize it's really not a good movie.Sam Elliot and his wife are in this movie. Katherine Ross from a long, long time ago plays the ex-wife of Elliot's character.I wanted to like this movie and I kind of did, but at a certain point you realize there is nothing here. Elliot's character is buoyed up by Elliot's image and the fact that at 70 he can still attract a 30-something Laura Prepon. Ridiculous ... yes indeed. Made further ridiculous by the fact that Prepon's character is a stand up comedian, and when Elliot comes to watch her perform she tells every hackneyed geriatric joke she can think of, humiliating him, thus making him more sympathetic to the audience. This is what this movie is about, cheap tricks with very good casting.Then there is the scene where Elliot at 70 has the bad judgement to take a drug with his champagne on the way to receive his acting lifelong achievement award. He totally humiliates himself by calling an older woman up from the audience and giving the award to her. Supposedly this video makes it way to social media and people go crazy over it.What is good about this movie, and the reason I give it a 3/10 and not a 0-2 is that between elements of a really bad plot, the person to person scenes with Elliot and his family, friends and absurd new love interest, the movie somehow works off the charisma of Elliot himself who is always fun to watch.Whatever is good in this film is owed to Elliot and Nick Offerman who plays Elliot's friend and pot dealer who show the elusive intimate working of a male - male non-gay friendship. That is kind of a miracle in Hollywood right there.It's a bad movie with some choice moments that makes one wonder why Elliot never became the star he should have because the camera loves him.3/10

A fine little movie with a great cast and a superb tone of melancholy. A little love story, aging, death, loneliness, reconciliation, and the trial about one's life's achievements - The Hero is a quiet movie with all the great themes of human existence. Sam Elliot plays the lead just exquisite and convincing, and the performances of his side-kicks Laura Prepon, Krysten Ritter and Nick Offerman give him a lot to work with and the right canvas for his play. The Hero is an emotional, sad and contemplative movie with some bright spots and fine humor refined with some poetic works by Edna St. Vincent Millay. Alone the reading of the poem Dirge Without Music by Laura Prepon at the end of the movie... A movie for a mature audience.