"Balthazar Malone is a wealthy Manhattan private school kid living in a high-rise, performing sensitivity online through teary grief narratives-essentially crying for influence."
"Rather than mock its characters, the film exposes the fragile, front-facing logic of internet life-the way identity is performed, curated, and often untethered from reality."
"At a Q&A someone introduced the film by saying it revels in bad taste, and I remember thinking that it really doesn't; it's not a midnight movie. There's a little more heart."
Our Hero, Balthazar is a dark comedy centered on Balthazar Malone, a wealthy teen who attempts to prevent a school shooting driven by ego rather than morality. He engages in online sleuthing and catfishing to connect with a potential shooter. The film, directed by Oscar Boyson, has been compared to Taxi Driver and Uncut Gems but maintains its distinctiveness. It critiques the performative nature of online identities and reflects on the challenges faced by youth in a post-pandemic world.
Read at Filmmaker Magazine
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]