garbage movie. couldn't even watch it.

it's so funny that libs absolutely loved the book, which basically just called poor people lazy and fucked up and stupid.

Promises crucial insight into Appalachian America that everyone’s missing

is just the usual “they won’t pull themselves up by their bootstraps” pablum

We could’ve just given Amy Adams an Oscar for Arrival like she deserved and this movie wouldn’t have to exist

It was a Netflix streaming movie. It was only released into theaters right after the election so it could be nominated for Oscars.

I dl'ed this when it came out. There's a part where he doesn't know how forks work because woke and he has to use his phone-a-friend lifeline. hopefully someone makes a meme out of it. where the crawdads sing was a better movie

Hillbilly Elegy: The Calipers of Appalachia

One of the recent Beep Beep Lettuce episodes was named Hillbilly Skibidi and now I hear that every time when this comes up

Just torrented it. There were some horribly cringe moments where I had to pause it and step away for a bit.

Like at one point they pretended like weed was some sort of terrible drug. And this is in a movie where opiate addition is a major part of the plot.

Lots of other unironic narratives where you're just like, "who wrote this bullshit"? Pretty awful rag

Is it a show or movie?

some gumshoe super sleuth needs to investigate Netflix because there's gotta be some funny money laundering thing going on behind the scenes