Type in any movie or show to find where you can watch it, or type a person's name.

User Reviews for: Hillbilly Elegy

cutecruel
/10  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 the trailer, you don't need to watch the movie.

Even the performances were all pretty standard. Amy Adams and Glenn Close are weak in this, they play almost every moment as an "Oscar clip". Speaking of casting - the younger and older J.D look so alike, but why didn't they choose a teenage actress to play Lindsay in the flashbacks? Haley Bennett looks more like Amy Adams' sister than her daughter.

I guess the target audience for this movie is just Americans. Because _Hillbilly Elegy_ has THE ultimate American message ever. The creators of this poverty porn want you to sympathize with a mediocre American venture capitalist. The main character has to join the Marines and is sent to Iraq (hey! there are way too many people in Iraq, some just have to die). All of this to escape the shitty state that is Ohio. It's the American dream. Live long American Imperialism! USA! USA! To make things even worse – you have to sympathize with a racist, how am I supposed to like “Mamaw” when she talks shits about Poles and Indigenous people? The whole point of this movie is to fight negative stereotypes of “hillbillies” but it’s okay to joke about other cultures. _“It’s just jokes bla-bla”._

I think the working title was _“Oscar-winning movie about poor people with a happy ending”_. This is just a movie that was recycled from other Oscar bait movies, in an attempt to make the ultimate 2020 Oscar bait movie, rather than trying to make a strong narrative. Find some new ideas.
Like  -  Dislike  -  10
Please use spoiler tags:[spoiler] text [/spoiler]
Back to Top