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Ron Howard responds to criticism of 'Hillbilly Elegy' for being apolitical, leaving out key elements of book

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Ron Howard responded to criticism of his latest movie, “Hillbilly Elegy,” after reviews indicated it lacked the political edge of the memoir it’s based on.

The movie, starring Glenn Close and Amy Adams, is an adaptation of the 2016 memoir of the same name by J.D. Vance about Appalachian life and the strife his family felt when confronted with things like addiction, the social problems present in their hometown and the poverty cycle that keeps them going.

As The Hollywood Reporter notes, the film has been criticized in many reviews for taking an apolitical approach to the story and carefully removing elements that tackled the opioid crisis and a system that’s seemingly designed to keep people like Vance’s family poor.

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