Politically Sanitized 'Hillbilly Elegy' Movie Gets Poor Reviews

Newsbusters ^ | December 1, 2020 | P.J. Gladnick

[supremedoctrine]

I am not Chode, but that is the divine Amy Adams, who is one of the most versatile of all our movie actresses. A real actress. I knew she would be a star years ago when I saw her in a great “little” movie called JUNEBUG.

[Chode]

Amy Adams, leading role in the movie all cleaned up

[Chode]

100%

[Chode]

“divine” 100%

[minnesota_bound]

Amy Adams will never recover from gaining that weight.

[Brilliant]

I thought it was ok. Political sanitization seems ok to me. Cant complain about political movies and then complain also when they aren’t.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

I don’t. He just wrote a really cr@ppy book. Read the reviews.

(I’m a Vet. We stick together for the most part.)

[Covenantor]

Clancy disappointed a lot of his readers with that move.

[left that other site]

Ah...so I am not alone in my disappointment. :-)

[windsorknot]

It’s Netflix. The 0bamas have poisoned that well.

[Albion Wilde]

Ask yourself this question: why would the book reviewer class of people give a decent review to a white male conservative overcomer from the South?

I read the book. It wasn't as cinematic as, say, Cold Mountain, but it was a critical look at the enculturedf problems of white poverty pockets in that part of the U.S. that are ignored and spit upon by the entire rest of the nation, which incldentally just sent a billion dollars and torched a few cities over a black druggie who contributed substantially to his own death at the knee of a police officer.

[FlatulusMaximus]

I never thought the book should be made into a movie. I’ve liked several of Ron Howard’s films, but in this political climate this mistreatment was entirely predictable. Read the book. It’s sad in places, funny at times, and ultimately inspiring. Expect a Hollywood bereft of original ideas to ruin it!

[colorado tanker]

Although he was kicked off as director, Howard had a role in messing up the latest Alamo movie, too.

Too bad he has let Hollyweird mess with his head. His early stuff showed he can be a good director.

[GreyFriar]

My thanks to you both.

[x]

I'll wait for Beverly Hillbillies Elegy to get to the big screen.

[Chode]

most welcome... i loves me some Amy!

[fieldmarshaldj]

Curious, since Mohammadans are paleo-Nazis.

[HonkyTonkMan]

Thanks for the reviews. No interest in the book or the movie. Author seems smug and arrogant. It really comes down to him profiting off the hill people just like every carpetbagger since the 1860’s.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

I agree with you where the problems lie. No doubt about THAT. The book just didn’t ‘move’ me.

I just read another book about growing up in dire poverty that was MUCH better: ‘Growing Season’ by Sarah Frey. Total Rags to Riches story.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

See my book recommendation in Post 59. A much more inspiring story of Rags to Riches...and she dragged all of her brothers out of poverty, too! ;)