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‘Hillbilly Elegy': Ron Howard Adapts's Dull Adaptation of Southern-Set Memoir [Review]

November 22, 2020 Jordan Ruimy

J.D. Vance’s bestselling memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy” is adapted to rigorous Oscar-bait effect by Oscar-nominee Vanessa Taylor (“The Shape of Water”). The result is the kind of big studio crowd-pleaser that used to be the norm in the ‘90s, but is now mocked by our meta generation.

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