Hillbilly Elegy
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2020
1h 57m
R
English
Drama
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An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.
Hillbilly Elegy
An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.
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Cast
J.D. Vance
Beverly "Bev" Vance
Bonnie "Mamaw" Vance
Lindsay Vance
Usha Chilukuri
Papaw
Young J.D. Vance
Matt
Phillip Roseman
Ken
Travis
Chris
Kevin
Uncle Pat
Uncle Arch
Jimmy (Bev's Brother)
Bill (Nurse)
Cousin Nate
Bonnie (Mamaw, 30's)
Jim (Papaw, 30's)
Young Bev (6 years)
Cheryl
Adult Frank McFee
Chip
Directed By: Ron Howard
Written By: Vanessa Taylor
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cutecruel
3 years ago
This movie isn’t as bad as some people would have you believe, however it’s just completely and totally generic, like something from the 90s, cliches and melodrama included. Every single scene felt like I've seen it before. It just moves from one cliched plot point to another. And if you saw More
Peter McGinn
3 years ago
This is another entry in the wrenching genre of Oprah book club family dysfunction fare. The dysfunction extends through two generations here, plenty of material to mine for lousy parenting and distressing reality show-worthy bad behavior.
It is well done I suppose, as you would expect from Ron H More
It is well done I suppose, as you would expect from Ron H More
msbreviews
3 years ago
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This film is based on a memoir of the same title written by J.D. Vance, the man who gives name to the main character or, in better words, the character whose point of view is what the movie describes More
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This film is based on a memoir of the same title written by J.D. Vance, the man who gives name to the main character or, in better words, the character whose point of view is what the movie describes More
r96sk
3 years ago
Interesting and hearty story, which helps 'Hillbilly Elegy' overcome the fact it probably isn't that great a film as a whole.
I enjoyed watching the cast. Gabriel Basso gives a good performance in the role of J. D. Vance, though is outshone by Owen Asztalos; who plays the younger version More
I enjoyed watching the cast. Gabriel Basso gives a good performance in the role of J. D. Vance, though is outshone by Owen Asztalos; who plays the younger version More
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