“Hero Mode” Review
This is a family values, family friendly wish fulfillment story with a main lead still in highschool that
1 – looks exactly like Ryan Reynolds and that’s all I thought about the entire movie
2 – was put in charge of design and development of an entire company’s output
3 – was the son of the owner
4 – was the functional manager of a team of people 2 or 3 times his age, ability, experience, and maturity.
None of that matter though because this is a movie with a moral and it does the moral of the story extremely well and if you’re a know it all kid in high school with delusions of grandeur, this story is going to hit pretty hard for you, especially if you have a tenuous relationship with the memory of a dead parent and think you don’t need to deal with the fall out of them leaving you at such a young age. I’m not saying this story is for me, but if I had seen it 20 years ago I would have assumed it was made just for me and maybe I would have taken it’s story to heart. As a 40 something dude now though, all I can think of is how crazy it was that his mom just threw her hands up at the situation and effectively gave control of their million dollar brand to her arrogant know it all kid. Not just that she did that, but that it actually worked out in everyone’s favor!
