Hillbilly Elegy 2020 123movies

Watch: Hillbilly Elegy 2020 123movies, Full Movie Online – Based on the bestselling memoir by J.D. Vance, HILLBILLY ELEGY is a modern exploration of the American Dream and three generations of an Appalachian family as told by its youngest member, a Yale Law student forced to return to his hometown..
Plot: An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.
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Ratings:

	6.7/10 Votes: 42,559
	25% | RottenTomatoes
	38/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 749 Popularity: 15.915 | TMDB

Reviews:

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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. As I always do, my preparation for any film means I don’t watch trailers nor try to know too much about the story. I knew this movie was based on a supposedly true story or in some sort of book, and I knew that this could very well be an Oscar-bait due to the talented cast and late date of release. That’s it. I had no idea about its political background nor Vance’s personal statements. I’m from Portugal, so I don’t live in a Republicans vs. Democrats or a Red vs. Blue country. Politics is and always will be an extremely irrelevant, depressing, unimpactful topic in my life.

I don’t live in the USA, so unless the controversies surrounding films are global problems, I couldn’t care less about them. To me, Hillbilly Elegy looked like another family melodrama featuring lousy parenting, drug addiction, bullying, discrimination, and all those formulaic plot points developed in this type of movie. Expectations-wise, I couldn’t avoid the first (tremendously negative) reactions from fellow critics on social media, so I prepared myself for the worst. However, there’s a reason why I wrote this prologue above, explaining my origins and what I consider to be important in my personal life…

Not trying to justify other people’s opinions (everyone has their own right to love/hate any film for whatever reasons they choose to), but it feels awfully clear to me that a lot of American critics were influenced by the real-life J.D. Vance, his memoir, and what some people interpreted about his point of view. I repeat: everyone is in their own right to hate this movie (it has more than enough reasons to, and I’ll get to those), but I find “the worst film of the year” statement as exaggerated as the movie’s overdramatic sequences. My biggest issues with Hillbilly Elegy concern its editing choices and its looping narrative structure, besides its generic developments of known cliches.

Starting with the first problem, Ron Howard (Solo: A Star Wars Story) should have managed to create a really great film from the original story. At its best, Hillbilly Elegy could have been a heartbreaking account about the emotional struggles of living in such a violent, problematic family and about trying to escape this harsh lifestyle and reaching a better life overall. However, the constant flashbacks to J.D.’s young life damage the viewer’s connection to the character and the rest of his family members, especially his mom, Bev. The non-stop back-and-forward in the timeline breaks the movie’s pacing (James D. Wilcox’s editing lacks consistency and coherence) and leads me to my next issue.

The entire film is a cycle of dramatic scenes quickly escalating to unbelievable actions. From the repetitive drug abuse and consequent relapses to the horrible parenting displayed in the most random of fashions (in one minute everything’s fine, in the next one, chaos ensues), Vanessa Taylor couldn’t break her screenplay loop, and Ron Howard failed to realize these sequences in a distinguished manner. In addition to all of this, Hillbilly Elegy also does very little to avoid the common formulas regarding this type of narrative, possessing zero surprises throughout the entire runtime, ultimately being entirely predictable practically from the beginning.

Nevertheless, as I mentioned before, this is far from being a contender for the worst piece of cinema in 2020. In fact, it might even get some nominations in the awards season, including the Oscars. As usual with “real-life stories”, their cinematic adaptations always fill the end credits with images or videos of the real people portrayed in the movie. It’s easy to notice the impressive work made by the make-up department. Glenn Close looks incredibly similar to the real Mamaw, and her charismatic portrayal is definitely getting her some nominations, at least in other ceremonies besides the main ones. She delivers yet another emotionally compelling performance, packed with powerfully handled dialogues, detailed expressiveness, and a phenomenal physical display.

Amy Adams (Justice League) doesn’t fall behind. If Glenn Close has chances as a supporting role, Amy Adams might receive a few Best Actress nominations. Her character, Bev, doesn’t receive a fair treatment script-wise, but Adams tries her best to compensate for that flaw. Her performance might be considered extremely over-the-top for many viewers, and I do acknowledge some exaggeration in a couple of scenes, but overall, she delivers a superb interpretation. Gabriel Basso is also pretty great as J.D. (as is Owen Asztalos), same for Haley Bennett (The Devil All the Time) as Lindsay. Hans Zimmer and David Fleming’s score is sweet, but it doesn’t get too many moments to shine.

In the end, Hillbilly Elegy suffers from its formulaic narrative stuck in a tiresome loop of overdramatic scenes that escalated incomprehensibly way too fast. The predictable melodrama features questionable editing decisions that hurt the film’s pacing and overall story consistency, as well as the viewer’s emotional bond with the characters. Ron Howard and Vanessa Taylor fail to depict an interesting premise in a distinctly captivating manner, consequently resorting to the award-worthy performances of Amy Adams and Glenn Close to save the whole movie from total disaster. In addition to the outstanding displays from the two actresses, the remarkable performances from the remaining cast elevate the flawed screenplay, ultimately delivering a few scenes worth hanging on to. Technically, impressively accurate make-up (guaranteed awards buzz) and a lovely score deserve a much better film. I still recommend it to everyone who enjoys melodramatic family stories, but don’t expect anything remotely special.

Rating: C+

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 Howard, but I confess I have a low threshold for this genre and had to force myself to finish it. One bright light was that at least the brother and sister were there fir each other and counterbalanced the antics of Mom and Mamaw.

They show the real people at the end of the film, and I was intrigued by how close they tried to have the actors resemble them. But of course the home movies shown were all of positive moments in the family, as filming life’s awful moments blossomed much later with YouTube. So these cheerful videos acted to gloss over the pain and dysfunction the movie had worked so meticulously to represent throughout the two hour film.

Brilliant film
Don’t really understand about all the hates or jealousy here. I am a very picky individual when it comes to watching a movie too. However, I find this one very entertaining and outstanding among all those stupid CGI films that were released during the year. Couldn’t be happier because this one just quench my thirst.

I grew up in ” Hillbilly Country” …THIS movie is SPOT ON !
” WHY the bad reviews?” Someone asked. They thought it was good. Well written . Well directed and the actors were good. ( AND IT WAS ) Spot on . Here is the reason they are some bad reviews. Some people have never experienced THIS life . They have no idea that people actually do LIVE LIKE THIS . KUDOS to Ron Howard who also did not grow up in Hillbilly Country but did an excellent job of making this TRUE STORY so accurate on screen. All the lead actors were amazing and they TRULY portrayed the people they were supposed to be in this. One of my friends said they only part she didn’t like was the CURSING . ” Did they really need to use that language?” She asked me . Absolutely. THAT is normal language for these poor small towns . If you grew up there you would understand that. F%$@$ was a word I heard as child as commonly as rich people hear ” yes sir” . It was necessary for them accurately portray these people . This movie made me cry , because it was TRUE TO LIFE . It brought back many memories for me . I lived this . I too chose to leave and ” be someone.” Thank you Glen Close for portraying ” Meemaw” so incredibly well . I know . I had a Meemaw just like that . THIS is a GREAT movie . And if you ” don’t get it” … maybe it’s because you were born with a SILVER SPOON in your mouth and it is probably STILL THERE. Get out and see some of the REAL WORLD .

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 56 min (116 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Drama
Director Ron Howard
Writer J.D. Vance, Vanessa Taylor
Actors Amy Adams, Glenn Close, Gabriel Basso
Country United States
Awards Nominated for 2 Oscars. 5 wins & 33 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio 2.39 : 1
Camera Sony CineAlta Venice, Cooke S4, Hawk V-Lite and Zeiss Master Prime Lenses
Laboratory Company 3 (digital intermediate)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format AXS-R7
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (4K) (master format), Hawk Scope (anamorphic) (source format), X-OCN ST (6K) (source format)
Printed Film Format Video (UHD)