I haven't watched this yet, but note the disparity between critics and audiences:
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hillbilly_elegy
I know the author of the book is a conservative and I suspect that's why the communists--I mean, critics--are giving it such a hard time.
Can anyone confirm?
Wha? A conservative movie starring not one, but TWO females in the lead roles??
shareHey. . . It happens, bro. It happens.
But seriously, the author was on Fox News the other day. He said he thinks the backlash against the film is largely due to his political beliefs.
Did you sit on a giant dildo? WTF is wrong with you?
sharenote the disparity between critics and audiences
I'd say it's not unheard of, but usually the numbers are closer than they are here.
shareI suppose how one defines "disparity" here matters, but it's not uncommon to see a movie well-received by critics disliked by the audience and vice versa. I agree the difference between scores at RT is larger than you usually see, but only 750 users rated it there, a rather small sample. Over at IMDB it has a 6.6 score with over 9.6K user ratings.
shareIt's interesting that 750 users is a "small sample size" when the critics' reviews are always a fraction of that. Just goes to show what a pedestal the critics are put on.
I went ahead and watched it tonight and thought it was a solid 7.5! Good for Ron Howard. It was certainly more interesting than Solo!
Whether 750 user ratings on a site can ever be representative of a general audience I don't know, but the RT and IMDB scores do differ. And critics certainly have their biases, many of which they no doubt share.
Glad you liked it. I know of the book and have heard its author interviewed a few times so maybe I'll have a look myself.
I have ni. But this apparently has become a big deal. So the winner here is Netflix.
shareIt really isn't that big of a deal. It is just one of the few movies that have been released this year and so many people are staying home..
shareRight. But people are talking about it. And this isn't just some movie. It's based on a famed classic best selling book and directed by one of the highest grossing directors in the history of Cinema, Ron Howard.
So that's why it's a big deal.
It isn't a famed classic best selling book and Ron Howard releases movies all the time that go ignored.
shareRon Howard is the 4th most successful director the planet.
This is getting reviews from the NYT and The Washington Post.
The film is probably receiving the most attention for Netflix since "The Irishman" turd or "Stranger Things" season #3.
And people are obviously talking about it.
You/Me/Internet
It is a famed classics best selling book.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillbilly_Elegy
again:
And people are obviously talking about it.
Sadly, in this latter stage of his career Ron Howard is not getting the respect that he deserves.
Rush was a fucking great movie and is perhaps the best racing movie of all time. In the Heart of the Sea was an interesting film that at least deserved more credit than it got. And after watching Hillbilly Elegy last night, I can say the same thing about that one.
Ben Shapiro can:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12ChbJqcv-g
Ben Shapiro keeping it real as always. Glad that the critics are being called on their bullshit.
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