Netflix’s Hillbilly Elegy, starring Amy Adams and Glenn Close and directed by Ron Howard, is being critically panned and the stars are now reacting to the movie’s reviews.
Many of the criticisms of the movie are from how the film portrays its Appalachian setting and characters in that region of the country.
One review from NME states that the movie “betrays the very people it’s trying to celebrate” by “failing to acknowledge the legitimate problems they face.” When asked about the movie’s reviews by NME, Amy responded, “I think the themes of this movie are very universal.
Whether it be generational trauma, whether it be just examining where we come from to understand where we’re going and who we are.
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