It's easy to see why critics did not like this film. Only non-white people and women can be victims. All white people are privileged, don't you know. You can't certainly be depicting women as aggressive, abusive and the perpetrators of domestic violence. Not in Hollywoke. Doesn't make for good middle-class dinner party conversation. These types have no idea what poverty actually looks like. They have no clue what working-class life is like and how hard it is to break out of it.
It's not about the lack of money. It's about poor life skills which gets passed down from one generation to the next. This film accurately demonstrates that. Occasionally people do break out of the cycle. They are naturally born with intelligence and provided they're not too damaged, can make it out. Its rare though.
JD Vance was lucky. A few situations show it could have easily not have been the case.
Ron Howard's done an excellent job here. It's a good script, fascinating subject material and of course brilliant performances. Glenn Close was acknowledged for her performance with various nominations. Amy Adams got a couple too but really both deserved much more, as does the film on a whole. It's clear from the reviews here and the ratings as well that the critics are way off the mark. Really what would they know, in their upmarket apartments, drinking shiraz and looking down their noses at a world they do not understand.
The poor critical reviews is more about not fitting into the mould of the stereotypical identity politics model which is so pervasive in Hollywood now rather than any actual reflection of the film itself.
It's not about the lack of money. It's about poor life skills which gets passed down from one generation to the next. This film accurately demonstrates that. Occasionally people do break out of the cycle. They are naturally born with intelligence and provided they're not too damaged, can make it out. Its rare though.
JD Vance was lucky. A few situations show it could have easily not have been the case.
Ron Howard's done an excellent job here. It's a good script, fascinating subject material and of course brilliant performances. Glenn Close was acknowledged for her performance with various nominations. Amy Adams got a couple too but really both deserved much more, as does the film on a whole. It's clear from the reviews here and the ratings as well that the critics are way off the mark. Really what would they know, in their upmarket apartments, drinking shiraz and looking down their noses at a world they do not understand.
The poor critical reviews is more about not fitting into the mould of the stereotypical identity politics model which is so pervasive in Hollywood now rather than any actual reflection of the film itself.