Review of Hillbilly Elegy (2020) by G. Allen Johnson for San Francisco Chronicle — 11 Nov 2020
Adams, a six-time Oscar nominee, is likely headed to a seventh for an admittedly showy but nuanced turn that manages to bring Bev’s humanity bubbling to the surface even as her ugly side dominates — as Thoreau might say, a life of not-so-quiet desperation.
Close is terrific as usual.
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This review of Hillbilly Elegy (2020) was written by G. Allen Johnson and published by San Francisco Chronicle on 11 November 2020.
Hillbilly Elegy has generally received positive reviews.
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