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Hero (1992)
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Dustin Hoffman plays a lowlife who happens upon a plane crash and rescues the passengers, but doesn't really care about the value of his deed or the attendant publicity when the media starts searching for the hero. Another fellow (Andy Garcia) steps into the gap and claims credit, and as his life changes for the better he takes on a messianic glow. Geena Davis is the cynical television reporter who pushes the latter's fame in order to keep her story alive, and this film, directed by Stephen Frears (Prick Up Your Ears), takes a few familiar jabs at a manipulative and voyeuristic press. This is essentially an unofficial remake of...
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What if the guy who saved your life was a low-life con artist thief? What if his story got stolen by the kind of guy a country could deify? Who would you chose to worship, the guy who actually saved you or the guy who says all the right things?
Dustin Hoffman has a lot of fun as the jackass con artist trying to get the...
(complete Hero review by Jessica Film Junkie)
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