(December 1, 2020 at 9:34 am)Spongebob Wrote: Who here has watched the Netflix film "Hillbilly Elegy"? My wife and I watched it and loved it but I've noticed that just about every review I've seen has panned it for some reasons that I find difficult to pin down. They seem to find it inaccurate and somewhat offensive to the people of Appalachia but my experiences just don't align with this conclusion. Does anyone else have ideas about why this film is being panned?
I watched it a few nights ago. Overall for something to make noise at me, it was okay. I did think they could have filled in a little more detail. I enjoyed it but it's not something that I would watch again. I thought the story was a little thin at times.
As for the Appalachia setting, I think that same story could have been placed just about anywhere.
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