Synopsis
When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father must finally take responsibility for their actions and each other in order to bring Wes home.
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Cast
- Aaron PaulHollis Wilson
- Juliette LewisPam Noonan
- Josh WigginsJacob Wilson
- Deke GarnerWes Wilson
- Jonny MarsDuncan
- Walt RobertsOfficer Handley
- Dalton SuttonLance
- Camron OwensRoger
- Annalee JefferiesFran Roberts
- Corby SullivanOfficer Gardner
Recommendations
- 67
Hitfix
Kat Candler has cobbled together an assortment of half-developed genre pieces that ultimately don't entirely gel. I think the elements work better as parts than Hellion does as a whole. - 63
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
I like the way writer-director Kat Candler, expanding a short film she made a few years back, doesn’t give away the whole back-story — what killed the mother, who might have been to blame. - 60
Variety
More sensitive than sensational, Candler’s debut doesn’t add much in the way of insight to the juvenile delinquency genre, but boasts a stunning breakthrough performance from newcomer Josh Wiggins as the troublemaker in question. - 60
Village Voice
Hellion offers Paul his most adult screen role so far, and he's very fine, but the movie belongs to Wiggins, a newcomer whose innate gifts are a perfect echo of Paul's. - 60
Time Out
Hellion aims to cut deep, striking a tone that melds the hysterical moralism of Larry Clark’s Kids (1995) with the coming-of-age melancholy of Mud’s Jeff Nichols (also this film’s executive producer). - 50
The Playlist
Admittedly heartbreaking and moving in its final moments, Hellion just can’t quite convince or coalesce its ideas of struggle, pain and fury in a meaningful or new way. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
The actors' raw honesty and the unvarnished authenticity of the Southeast Texas environment lend weight to this slow-burn drama about responsibility, even if its storytelling is unrelentingly downbeat and lacks muscularity. - 50
Slant Magazine
Both film and protagonist are troubled works in progress that shuffle and meander and frequently falter, but occasionally sing.
