Hillbilly Elegy (2020)

Movie Details

Original Title Hillbilly Elegy

Original Language EN

Status Released

Popularity 2.1

Cast

Amy Adams

Beverly "Bev" Vance

Popularity: 4.3

Glenn Close

Bonnie "Mamaw" Vance

Popularity: 11.7

Gabriel Basso

J.D. Vance

Popularity: 1.3

Haley Bennett

Lindsay Vance

Popularity: 2.3

Freida Pinto

Usha Chilukuri

Popularity: 1.0

Bo Hopkins

Papaw

Popularity: 1.0

Owen Asztalos

Young J.D. Vance

Popularity: 1.0

Jesse C. Boyd

Matt

Popularity: 1.4

Stephen Kunken

Phillip Roseman

Popularity: 1.3

Keong Sim

Ken

Popularity: 0.9

Morgan Gao

Travis

Popularity: 1.0

Ethan Suess

Chris

Popularity: 0.3

Key Crew

Director Ron Howard

Writer Vanessa Taylor

Producer Brian Grazer, Karen Lunder, Ron Howard

Executive Producer Julie Oh, JD Vance, Diana Pokorny

Editor James Wilcox

Production

Imagine Entertainment

Videos & Trailers

Official Trailer

Trailer

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Posters

Keywords

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Reviews from TMDB

Manuel São Bento 5/10

Nov 18, 2020

If you enjoy reading my Spoiler-Free reviews, please follow my blog @ https://www.msbreviews.com This film is based on a memoir of the same title written by J.D. Vance, the man who gives name to the main character or, in better words, the character whose point of view is what the movie describes ... Read more

r96sk 7/10

Dec 30, 2020

Interesting and hearty story, which helps <em>'Hillbilly Elegy'</em> overcome the fact it probably isn't that great a film as a whole. I enjoyed watching the cast. Gabriel Basso gives a good performance in the role of J. D. Vance, though is outshone by Owen Asztalos; who plays the younger version ... Read more

Peter McGinn 6/10

Jul 23, 2021

This is another entry in the wrenching genre of Oprah book club family dysfunction fare. The dysfunction extends through two generations here, plenty of material to mine for lousy parenting and distressing reality show-worthy bad behavior. It is well done I suppose, as you would expect from Ron H ... Read more