Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Amy Adams | ... | Bev | |
Glenn Close | ... | Mamaw | |
Gabriel Basso | ... | J.D. Vance | |
Haley Bennett | ... | Lindsay | |
Freida Pinto | ... | Usha | |
Bo Hopkins | ... | Papaw | |
Owen Asztalos | ... | Young J.D. Vance | |
Jesse C. Boyd | ... | Matt | |
Stephen Kunken | ... | Phillip Roseman | |
Keong Sim | ... | Ken | |
Morgan Gao | ... | Travis | |
Ethan Suess | ... | Chris | |
Jono Mitchell | ... | Kevin (as Jonothon Mitchell) | |
Bill Kelly | ... | Uncle Pet | |
David Dwyer | ... | Uncle Arch |
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. Written by Netflix
Well I had a great review written but it was erased when I switched to another site to fact check some other movies. What I wanted to say was this is a hard movie to watch. It's hard bc it's honest. We all have our struggles and this is another depiction of an honest struggle families have. In America we like to place labels. In this case the labels are hillbilly, red neck, or white trash. It's all true, but it doesn't mean that's bad. It means it's honest. It makes me think of other honest movies about American families like Crooklyn, Ordinary People or Kramer vs Kramer. In this year of 2020 the word struggle comes up time and again, but let's not forget another truly American symbolic word .... perseverance. Watch this movie and know that if you're down and feel like the world is against you just keep fighting and persevere. I hope this movie can inspire that feeling. It did for me.