Amy Adams and Glenn Close are speaking out in defense of "Hillbilly Elegy," a new film they star in. The Ron Howard-directed movie was met with a slew of negative reviews following its release on Netflix earlier this week.The film follows a Yale law student who returns to his home state of Ohio where he contemplates his family generations and his future.
It's based on J.D. Vance's book, "Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis," which became a top seller after it was published in 2016.
Reviews claim the movie falls short in depicting the working class. "The politically conservative, anti-welfare streak in the author’s writing feels surgically removed," Rolling Stone's David Fear writes, while The Independent critic.
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