He Ain’t Heavy

Interview: Sam Corlett on playing an addict in He Ain’t Heavy; “I feel like characters tend to find me in a time of my life that I need to explore something deeply.”

He Ain’t Heavy follows 30-year-old Jade (Leila George) who has sacrificed the better part of her life to rescue her little brother Max (Sam Corlett) from drug addiction. In desperation, unbeknownst to their ever-forgiving mother Bev (Greta Scacchi) Jade locks Max inside their vacant rural home in an attempt to “get him clean’. But when Bev arrives, a…

Peter Gray

Film Review: He Ain’t Heavy; Sam Corlett’s full-bodied performance stuns in confronting, oft-harrowing drama

The mental, emotional and physical destruction that can come from one’s addiction is at the core of He Ain’t Heavy, David Vincent Smith‘s confronting, oft-harrowing drama that surpasses the intimacy of its setting and miniature ensemble with its brutal mindset. An expansion of his short film I’m Not Hurting You, He Ain’t Heavy very much…

Peter Gray