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[kittoo]

Just finished the movie. How is this only 28% on Rotten Tomatoes?
It had an interesting and emotional story, a side of American small town Appalachian culture not often seen, great acting and an immensely likeable cast. The editing was the only thing that was somewhat average, but rest was great.
It got bad reviews just because its supposedly 'white' story? I for one enjoyed it even more as a non-white person since it showed me a world that is very far away both in terms of space and culture to me, but at the same time there were struggles that are just the same for all of us- complicated families, quest to become a better person etc.
Recommend it to all here at GAF, ignore the reviews and give it a watch.

 

[12Goblins]

Never heard of it, but yea there's no way a ron Howard movie is worth 28%. I'll check it out thanks

 

[DeepBreath87]

I enjoyed it quite a bit. I’m with you in not understanding the reviews. It wasn’t a great movie, but in a world of formulaic garbage movies, this was at least interesting. If it’s true that some people didn’t like the movie because of the color of the characters in the story… well, that says quite a bit about who those people are, now doesn’t it?

 

[GnomeChimpsky]

Glenn Close was nominated for both an Oscar and a razzie, which I thought was funny. Everyone was great in this movie, especially Amy Adams (as always).

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Wasn't it sympathetic towards poor white people? The woke despise poor white people and critics have been a woke monoculture for years now.

 

[sol_bad]

I looked up the trailer and forgot this existed. I probably palmed it off as another average Netflox show.

 

[Cockles & Whelks]

Audience score son. Audience score. And White Man. BAD.

 

[godhandiscen]

Rotten Tomatoes critics don’t like movies that show certain cultural aspects under a positive light.

You need to look at audience scores and even those can be manipulated. I have learned to pick movies below 50% RT lately and they are often surprisingly good.

 

[belmarduk]

This movie was really boring. I don't see why everything has to be racial with some of you. A boring movie is a boring movie no matter the cast.

 

[Faust]

As a reminder: No politics.

 

[TransTrender]

Here's the link that should be in the OP

Hillbilly Elegy | Rotten Tomatoes

A Yale Law student drawn back to his Appalachian hometown reflects on his family's history and his own future.

www.rottentomatoes.com

I only cared enough to post this link

 

[funkygunther]

I'll just rewatch Cinderella

 

[AJUMP23]

Because it is a bad movie.

 

[Yoda]

The professional critics hated the themes of the movie, especially given they were told from the context of a poor white family. Post 2016 you should look at user reviews, critic reviews are just activists with no love of cinema.

 

[DeafTourette]

It was boring to me. I fell asleep at the first 30 or so minutes. If some of y'all liked it, great. It was just boring and not interesting to me.

It's poor people struggle porn for the well off to feel better about themselves.

 

[Schattenjäger]

didn’t see the movie but read the book
book was average at best so can’t see how the movie could be any better than average

 

[AgentP]

As a reminder: No politics.

Which is sadly the reason the critic scores were low. So lock thread?

 

[sinnergy]

I thought it was okay, but the story not that special

 

[Ammogeddon]

I think it must have Stowaway’s rating of 77% by mistake.

 

[Deleted member 17706]

I thought it was pretty good and well acted. Then again, a lot of it overlapped with my own childhood and adolescence, so it was very easy to relate to it in many ways.

But, uh, yeah, I suspect a big part of why it got a bad wrap mirrors the reception the book got when it came out in 2016 (2017?). It was not a topic a lot of people wanted to care about at the time. Or maybe most critics just thought it was a bad movie, I dunno. I don't give a shit what critics think.

 

[Winter John]

The film is shit. No surprise because the book was shit too. Rocky had more insight on the effects of poverty on the working class. Vance can take his bologna sandwiches and cram them up his ass

 

[Havoc2049]

I enjoyed it quite a bit. I’m with you in not understanding the reviews. It wasn’t a great movie, but in a world of formulaic garbage movies, this was at least interesting. If it’s true that some people didn’t like the movie because of the color of the characters in the story… well, that says quite a bit about who those people are, now doesn’t it?

Your answer is that the author of the book might run for political office and the ratings for this movie are probably getting spammed. We shouldn't take the discussion any further and just leave it at that.

 

[godhandiscen]

This movie was incredibly good. A rollercoaster of emotions, sometimes tough to watch due to how sad it can get, but in every scene the payoff is huge.
It is maybe Glen Close’s best role. Definitely Amy Adam’s.

 

[down 2 orth]

Thanks for the heads up. Will watch.

 

[Cleared_Hot]

Really surprised? Critics are most liberals. This conflicts with their cult like idealogies. I'll let you piece together the rest.

 

[Cleared_Hot]

The film is shit. No surprise because the book was shit too. Rocky had more insight on the effects of poverty on the working class. Vance can take his bologna sandwiches and cram them up his ass

If rocky came out today they'd review it shit for the same reasons and you know it. It wouldn't be woke enough. And saying this movie is shit is just fucking ridiculous. The only score on that site that matters is the audience score. But hey if you want to call a movie shit based off RT then go ahead and tell how amazing The Last Jedi was.

 

[Irobot82]

Here's the link that should be in the OP

Hillbilly Elegy | Rotten Tomatoes

A Yale Law student drawn back to his Appalachian hometown reflects on his family's history and his own future.

www.rottentomatoes.com

I only cared enough to post this link

LOL, they even put a negative review front and center for the audience reviews AND it's the only one.