Join us for this South Florida Premiere for the first ever Gen Z-distributed theatrical release: “Our Hero, Balthazar”, with a Q&A with the Florida-raised Consulting Producer and head of the viral marketing campaign: Diego Andaluz—in his hometown theater, SAVOR CINEMA!
OUR HERO, BALTHAZAR is a darkly comedic thriller directed by A24/HBO Producer Oscar Boyson (UNCUT GEMS starring Adam Sandler, GOOD TIME starring Robert Pattinson, Greta Gerwig/Noah Baumbach Projects), touching on the impact of social media on Gen Z, performative activism, and the teen gun violence crisis, starring Jaeden Martell (Warner Bros’ IT, Lionsgate’s KNIVES OUT, A24’s Y2K), Asa Butterfield (Netflix’s SEX EDUCATION, Disney’s THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS, Paramount’s HUGO) and Noah Centineo (Netflix’s TO ALL THE BOYS I’VE LOVED BEFORE, A24’s WARFARE).
It currently has a 94% Critics Score and 93% Critics Score on Rotten Tomatoes—rated higher than every Warner Bros, A24, Sony, Netflix, Paramount, and Disney title released in 2026 so far. The film has the 2nd most followed independent Instagram marketing campaign of all time, while also outperforming Best Picture Oscar winners like Warner Bros’ ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, ANORA, & PARASITE, every NEON title, and every original 2026 Warner Bros, Sony, Universal, Paramount, Neon, and A24 title beyond Backrooms.
The film has been praised by 4x Oscar-winner Sean Baker (director of ANORA) and Stephen King, and critics have compared the film to The Drama, Nightcrawler, Superbad, and Taxi Driver, with the Wall Street Journal saying it “has an ending worthy of a Martin Scorsese picture”.
Join us for a Q&A with Consulting Producer Diego Andaluz after the Friday 6:30pm screening
Taken all together, “Our Hero, Balthazar” is a button pusher that holds up a mirror to America and asks what is performative and what is real. It also dwells on how we can get out of this quicksand trap that young men are trapped in right now. Randy Myers, San Jose Mercury News
It’s surprisingly funny and humanistic, but also a dark satire about the America in which we live., Christy Lemire, FilmWeek (LAist)
A black-comic acid bath that, in only an hour and a half, nods to so many contemporary concerns that it rivals last year’s “Eddington” in its scope… The film may not propose a solution to any of our maladies, but it’s a bitterly convincing diagnosis. Kyle Smith, Wall Street Journal
So many details in this comedy-drama are meant to provoke. And “Our Hero, Balthazar” teases with the promise of a darkly intelligent film. Not unlike its protagonist’s tears, the effect is dismayingly performative.
Lisa Kennedy, New York Times
It may start as a comedy but Our Hero, Balthazar becomes an increasingly uneasy watch. However, it may be an essential one. Richard Whittaker, Austin Chronicle
It’s a cutting, audacious, and at times astonishing movie. Yet what makes it work is that Boyson, who cowrote the script with Ricky Camilleri, is truly onto something. Owen Gleiberman, Variety
Alternately disturbing and brutally funny, and ending with the sort of capper that perfectly encapsulates its provocative ethos, this marks an auspicious directorial debut for Oscar Boyson. Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter