‘Our Hero, Balthazar’ Review: Oscar Boyson’s Audacious Drama About Fake Empathy, School Shooters and How the Online World Connects to Both
VarietyTuesday, June 10, 2025 at 3:32:49 AM
Oscar Boyson’s film ‘Our Hero, Balthazar’ is a bold, unsettling drama that digs into the twisted relationship between online performance and real-life violence—especially how a generation of disaffected young people treats empathy like a social media trend. The movie’s sharp critique of performative outrage and the blurring of reality with digital exhibitionism makes it both provocative and uncomfortably relevant.
Editor’s Note: This isn’t just another indie flick—it’s a mirror held up to the way we process tragedy and identity in the age of likes and shares. With school shootings and online personas as its backdrop, the film forces us to ask: When outrage becomes content, what’s left of real connection? That’s a question worth wrestling with, even if the answers aren’t pretty.
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