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Our Hero, Balthazar

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Eager to impress his activist crush, a wealthy New York teenager follows an online connection to Texas, where he's convinced he can stop an act of extreme violence.
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Oscillating between brutal humor and unsettling insight, Our Hero, Balthazar is an audacious and often astonishing directorial debut tinged with riveting performances and sprawling thematic ambition.

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Randy Myers San Jose Mercury News May 7
3.5/4
Taken all together, “Our Hero, Balthazar” is a button pusher that holds up a mirror to America and asks what is performative and what is real. It also dwells on how we can get out of this quicksand trap that young men are trapped in right now. Go to Full Review
Christy Lemire FilmWeek (LAist) Apr 27
It's surprisingly funny and humanistic, but also a dark satire about the America in which we live. Go to Full Review
Kyle Smith Wall Street Journal Mar 26
A black-comic acid bath that, in only an hour and a half, nods to so many contemporary concerns that it rivals last year’s “Eddington” in its scope... The film may not propose a solution to any of our maladies, but it’s a bitterly convincing diagnosis. Go to Full Review
Samantha Allen them. 4d
...it’s among the first wave of films that feels like it has anything of interest to say about the crushing cycle of violence that has come to define American life. Go to Full Review
Jennie Kermode Eye for Film May 14
3/5
Watching the two young men, you may well find your sympathies shifting – and you may wonder which of them, if either, is actually en route to becoming a killer. Go to Full Review
Frank Swietek One Guy's Opinion May 14
B
Melodramatic, but it addresses serious contemporary realities with candor and conviction... and both Martell and Butterfield are outstanding. Go to Full Review
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Gerry G 1d brilliant performances by Asa Butterfield and Jaeden Martel keep attention when the script falls short See more erjon D May 21 Lovely film, with great depiction of characters. It’s a social commentary of times we face. See more Roy J May 20 Excellent debut! The writing and acting is phenomenal. This subject could've gone wrong and handled poorly, but the movie is so entertaining, unpredictable, and hilarious. I'm looking forward to this director's next venture! Highly recommend! See more Chev May 20 captures my generation and the world perfectly, which is terrifying See more Sean T May 15 An intense ride that was grippingly modern and relevant for the times we live in. See more Oliver May 11 raunchy and dark and delightful See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Eager to impress his activist crush, a wealthy New York teenager follows an online connection to Texas, where he's convinced he can stop an act of extreme violence.
Director
Oscar Boyson
Producer
Oscar Boyson, Ricky Camilleri, Jon Wroblewski, David Duque-Estrada, Miles Skinner, Alex Hughes, Jaeden Martell
Screenwriter
Oscar Boyson, Ricky Camilleri
Distributor
Picturehouse
Production Co
Oh Boy, Spacemaker Productions
Rating
R (Language Throughout|Crude Sexual Content|Graphic Nudity|Drug Use|Some Violence/A Grisly Image)
Genre
Comedy, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 27, 2026, Limited
Runtime
1h 36m