Provoking movie about press and heroes and the how this has a treatment by all kind of media to delivery to the public, could be better if they didn't have overdone some easy situations,maybe it don't filled the Hollywood's formula to making movies,so the product is damage since the beginning, somehow works and to a certain extent, another fantastic performance from Hoffman and Geena Daves too,remembering heroes don't give up!! Resume: First watch: 1995 / How many: 4 / Source: TV-DVD / Rating: 7.25

Let's me tell you about a film i watched and be impressed the most, it is the Hero from 1992. The image quality from that time was not so vivid and some plots are clichéd. But overall, the film is funny and toughing at the same time. The main character of the movie is a misery criminal called Bernie with continuously bad lucks. He fail to be a role model father, lived in the modest apartment, and drove a rusted car. In a dull night, when a plane crashed and fired immediately in front of him, Bernie decided to risk his life to save the passengers. But there were twists and turns, which made the audience rated it as a genius product. One of the victims was a famous TV reporter. She and her station called him as the "Angel of flight 104" and offered one million dollar for an interview since they only know him by a 10 size shoe which have been left behind. Hundreds of people claimed, but there was one man made people believe in by the other shoe. Which he received from Bernie as a thank you gift for the lift. The film conveyed a humanity message: what exactly contribute to heroism. While keeping the smart, surprised funny. That is the movie I would keep recommending for friends and colleges.

One of my favorites and definitely underrated. A unique and timely story of heroism and its perception in society. I want badly to give this movie a ten, but some parts of it are, well, just too corny. Despite this flaw, the plot is complex and realistic-projecting a message that few want to hear in real life but one that is often welcome in the theater: things get complicated (as Bernie LaPlante puts it). Do we often try to simplify our perceptions of people by labeling them as either "good" or "bad" because it would be just too much work to do otherwise with the many complex people we meet in life? Or are we all good or bad in certain situations or according to the environments we come from?

I read two full pages of comments on "Hero," and I was surprised not to see any mention of Frank Capra, although one writer did mention "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town." "Hero" is pure Capra, modernized for the '90s, and Dustin Hoffman fills the Jimmy Stewart/Gary Cooper role to perfection. I'm surprised to see so many people miss the point and say they were angry at Andy Garcia's character for stealing the limelight; it was very apparent that all he really wanted to do was use the reward money to do some good for people.I don't usually write spoilers, but this is one I can't resist. One of my favorite moments in a movie came when Geena Davis's reporter character finally gives up on getting Hoffman to confess that he was the hero.As she turns away, she says, "Thank you for saving my life." Hoffman replies in little more than a whisper, "You're welcome." I love this movie.