Hero

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Now I like Dustin Hoffman. The Graduate - Lenny. Say no more. But in this film he seems to have it all wrong. He plays it like a Ritzo Ratzo looking for laughs. The shambling walk - the mildly inconvenient crashing of a 200 ton airliner whilst driving on the freeway. 'Oh jeeze, better not be Quantas' he might have said. I tried seeing the whole thing as 'satire' - all those media types selling their souls for a buck but in the end the film falls between the stools of comedy and drama. The bee-stung lips of Geena Davies may hold your attention but you can only squirm as you watch Dusty sleepwalk through this production.

I saw this on HBO roughly thirty years ago. It seemed to be a very well written and acted movie. Just watched it again for the first time in almost thirty years and once again was very impressed by it along with, once again, laughing myself stupid. All those involved, inclusive of the Director, did an excellent job but in a back handed compliment, this was the best acting by Dustin Hoffman I have ever seen. I never thought well of him even with the Academy Awards he received for other films. But in this, unlike other movies he has done, you FORGET it is Dustin Hoffman. Just the scene when he calls his son and then talks to his wife, getting upset.....extraordinary acting on his part. And again, somewhat condescending I suppose, the best thing Chevy Chase ever did. It is one of those films for which if I see in DVD, will buy it just for the sake of having a good film in my possession.