HESHER: THE NEXT MOVIE FOR METAL FANS TO GET EXCITED ABOUT?

When I heard there was going to be a movie at this year’s Sundance Film Festival entitled Hesher, well, needless to say, I took an interest. And after I saw the poster, my interest only grew – this thing had to be about metal, right?

But now /Film has a plot description and an interview with the director, and the movie sounds anything but metal. I mean, the character played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt (a.k.a. “That kid from Third Rock from the Sun who actually grew up to be a pretty good actor”) certainly looks the way my mom thinks metal heads look, but… uh… that’s about it.

Get a plot description and watch some footage after the jump:

The film tells the story of a 13 year old boy named T.J..  After the tragic loss of his Mother, T.J., Along with his pill popping father (Rainn Wilson), are forced to live with his elderly Grandmother. A young man with with a troubled past named Hesher (Levitt) assumes the role as both mentor and tormentor, leading T.J into troubles he could never have imagined. A young grocery clerk named Nicole (Natalie Portman) steps in to protect T.J from a vicious attack, and becomes the object of T.J’s fantasies. And Hesher moves into Grandma’s home, although uninvited, he is somehow accepted.