Author: Lisa R. Pruitt

Commentary: Critics Love the Book, Hate the Movie. What Gives with ‘Hillbilly Elegy’?

Film critics have had nary a good word to say about Netflix’s new movie “Hillbilly Elegy.” Reviewers varyingly called it “Oscar-Season B.S.,” “woefully misguided,” “Yokel Hokum,” “laughably bad” and simply “awful.” I admit to delight when I read professional critics trashing the film, which is based on J.D. Vance’s widely […]

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