Why Hollywood Elites Rejected ‘Hillbilly Elegy’
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I review the film 'Hillbilly Elegy,' which has been the focus of much controversy online due to the stark divide between fan and critic reviews.
Low critic score, high audience score, it’s a good movie.
High critic score, low audience score, it’s a woke movie.
Audience reviews are generally more helpful now
High critic score,low audience score, its a shitty movie
Before watching anything nowadays, I google ' Is it woke?' I can't stand the moralising masquerading as entertainment.
@@demondialga1341 I never read reviews of a film before I see it. But I will on occasion read them AFTER I see a film, and for sure, if I liked it, critics hated it.
That’s literally how I look at movies now when I’m thinking of watching one. From roughly 2011 and prior.
Change the color white to black we have an academy award winning in All movie categories
YEAP
How would making this movie an all black cast change anything. The plot of the movie has already been in other movies for years.
@@ISoldKen whoosh
Nah, if it showed a black guy succeeding by making the right choices, instead of relying on welfare and democrat handouts, they'd pan it just the same. Bet they hate Pursuit of Happyness now.
No they would think it's trying to minimize systematic racism by having a "token Black person" who White people can use to deny their worldviews.
Im a hispanic and i related to that film SO much, i couldnt stop crying, it was like watching my life
This stuff is real
BRAVO to that film
And shame on the critics!!
Yeah I’m British, middle class and feel exactly the same. The abusive mum, the tough yet caring grandma (in my case aunt)- it’s a very real family dynamic. I think it’s tough to relate to or be interested in if you haven’t experienced it yourself to some degree.
same!!!
I stumbled upon his book by chance and it was a great read.
"Hispanic" is not a race or even real ethnicity, so please specify what you are if you want to talk about your background. ___ I loved this movie because the story and acting were remarkable!!! And I'm black man.
I am half Native American and in this story I'd play the mom role. I've been clean 6 years now and have my daughter back. She was being taken care of by my mother in law.
I never thought once this story was political. I thought this story was about PEOPLE. People in difficult circumstances.
..... what the fuck do you think politics is 🧐
I know right. I was a little skeptical to watch it because I don't typically like overt politics in movies. I watched it tonight, and when it was over I thought "this is the movie the left hates so much? Where was the right wing politics?" The only thing was one anti-woke statement of "they're called Indians". The reaction this movie got from the left is ridiculous.
then you're oblivious
I grew up in West virginia. Broken family, addicted to drugs for 17years. God delivered me from addiction in prison. Been out 6 years and I have a house, wife, baby, and my own heating and cooling company. I give God all the glory.
That's amazing man, I like stories like yours.
Good for you. God bless.
Good for you. God bless
@@TaraNikita I wrote the same before I saw your reply... jinx
God is good!
Its almost as if drugs and broken homes result in the same outcome regardless of skin color. Shocking.
You hammered that nail with one strike
Indeed, sir
Isn't that the truth. You ought to come have a look at our families around here. Color has nothing to do with it. Drugs, alcohol, perversion, is very apparent in all walks of life. But pretending people can't overcome it, is horrible. Our areas around VA and KY are so poor. And just to add, Clinton's/Obama's finished them off by taking away their coal mines, tobacco, etc.
Love this!!!
Exactly!
My mom had a 9th grade education and my father an 8th, both born and raised in or near Appalachia. Out of our entire family, out of 27 cousins, only two of us went to college. But they all worked hard and took care of their families. The thought of going to college and trying to go beyond factory work was looked on as weird. My parents never, ever mentioned college or trying for an actual profession. I was expected to do good in school, but it was taken for granted that I would just graduate from high school and then go into one of the factories. That was our family tradition. My mother actually got angry when I insisted upon going to college, as if I was just adding another burden to her life even though I paid 100% of my school loans and only got gas money from her. I've always been glad I broke the mold and now have a job that I can easily support myself with. But I did have to fight to get out.
Myrtle 164 I'm proud of you. I wasn't brought up to work in a factory, I was bright up to be a housewife married to a factory worker. When the high school counselor talked to me about college I flat out turned down the idea because I didn't feel I had a right to any such opportunity. One marriage, 4 kids and one divorce later I got the chance to go to college. I now have a job good enough to support myself, and that it more than I ever thought I would have. So much of what we can do in life is based on our expectations.....wish I'd known that fifty years ago, so glad I learned it in time to teach my kids.
You're the seed that will lay down new doors and lifestyles for your future generations, I'm glad you broke the molde I'm happy you got out
"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." ('1984', George Orwel
lol George orwell was a socialist
@@kaleadavies6616 until he realized the evils of socialism. Then he wrote 1984. So if you're arguing from a socialist perspective you may want to choose a different tact
@@TheJ2941 everyone who is remotely politically minded should take note, yourself included
@@TheJ2941 Take note of what? The gaslighting and double speak from Democrats?
@@LateNightRewrites that’s just factually incorrect
Meanwhile critics adore Cuties. Something is up.
Maybe the critics are just really into little kids
Seems that the critics are a bunch of pedophiles.
Recommended by 9 out of 10 kid diddlers!
Exactly
Critics adore Cuties because it's China Joe's favorite flick!
A lot of people have come up in the exact life that this movie is about.
Poverty doesn't care what color you are
100%. I grew up in a single wide trailer my family had zero money.
I now make six figures a year.
@@dglenn803 - Yaaaaasss 🥳! Good for you.
Same .. white welfare single mom that busted her butt to get out of it by the time i was 12 we was upper lower .. now we are middle middle
Love that last line! All this focus on race has taken attention away from class. And wealth inequality is arguably a bigger problem than racism.
Absolutely. I read Hillbilly Elegy right after the book was published and knew it would make a fantastic movie. This could have happened in my home state of West Virginia. I was happy that Ron Howard chose to bring it to the screen, because he only makes good-to-great movies. That the Hollywood elites attacked one of their own (Howard is the liberal's liberal) tells you about the state of this country. No one is permitted to disagree with the left, under threat of being canceled - or worse. This is not a political movie, but is the moving true story of growing up dirt poor, overcoming the odds, and making it big. J.D. Vance is undoubtedly a multi-millionaire these days - good for him, I say!! By the way, I had no idea that "Mamaw" was actually Glenn Close until I read the credits. Oscar-worthy performance, but I bet she'll be overlooked because of the perceived themes of this movie.
HillBilly Elegy was one of the best movies I’ve seen in years.
Fuckin Glen Close made that her character so real she is amazing.
Yes, she was amazing, when I saw it on Netflix I couldn’t believe it was her! & when I saw Amy Adams I watch immediately, I was crying almost instantly! ✌🏼❣️🙏🏼
Dude she looks just like my great grandma who lived most of her life in Ohio. Like, I'm talking spittin' image
I agree i loved this movie, decided to search TH-cam about what people thought and im surprised people didnt like it.
To each its own i guess
@@roycerambo6339 right I absolutely loved this movie!
Great film and great performances Hollywood the elites that run it just let politics ruin anything good around what gives a good luck at a good story of rising from an impoverished system.
As a recovering addict who changed her own life, this movie is awesome. I'm going to grad school for Forensic Psychology
YOU ARE AMAZING!!
@@mikeymonroe-fb1on thanks mikey
That’s awesome.. Kudos to you 👏🏼
GOD BLESS YOU. you are the 1% of successful people to show that individual willingness to succeed and conquer your own issues is the secret.
So proud of you, Michelle
I'm a 6th generation Scots-Irish Ozarks hillbilly. I was the first person in either side of my family to graduate from college. My dad was a high school dropout who drank himself to death at the age of 62. My sister is a nurse practitioner. My brother is a CPA. I own a small business. All of our kids have Masters Degrees. Most of our role models were examples of what not to do in life except for our Grandma. She held us accountable and encouraged us to change the family tree. She was also tough enough to hunt grizzlies with a hickory switch.
We Ozarkers are no strangers to hardship. Well done!
😊 the grizzlies hadn't a chance!
When we know better we should do better, thanks for setting a good example.
I don’t get the hypocrisy of the liberals. You cannot use the “N word” and since a few years ago “fag” is now off limits and as of late you can’t use “fat.” However all the late night talk show hosts still mimic or make fun of the south with a “hillbilly” drawl. Why is that acceptable?
@@bbeige54 It's also okay to make fun and "hate on" white men, while making fun of and "hating" white women. The people who make fun of Southerners seem to think that the majority of people in the South are small-minded, uneducated, and of limited means. They definitely can't string enough words together to sound coherent, and they are white, except for the minorities who are better people all around.
Oh, and Southern hillbillies make up the majority of the upper classes in the South and host amazingly stupid gala events for practically no reason, are stupid business people, and make do with insulting each other and tear each other down in droves.
(I'm mindful of the fact that I was raised on military bases, mostly in The South, and grew up essentially colorblind - it's just skin, which say nothing about the person inside - but my grandmother had never seen a black person except on the TV until we brought her down to live with us.)
I remember when a 25% critics score meant I would normally pass on a movie. Now if critics are united in their hate, it usually means it's worth checking out.
I very rarely take notice what critics say after all just because they may not like it doesn't mean you agree with them. But one film I'm not ever going to watch is "cuties" don't like sexualisation in film, music or anything else. Allow children to be children not let them be bombarded with trash "music" like wap YES I SAID TRASH and the "singer " should be ashamed of herself. If and when she may have children of her own what will she say to them if they hear that trash, would she be ok if her daughters were sexualized, raped etc...if she was a decent mother she would not want any child of hers to hear that rubbish, which is where it belongs...IN THE TRASH OR BETTER STILL ON THE BONFIRE.if I ever receive that rubbish that's exactly where it will go ...the bonfire
😂 I'm the same. I go on Audience score alone since Captain Marvel sucked and Joker was amazeballs!
Yep! So true! I feel the same. I look for those shitty reviews. I'm like yes,they hate it, this movie must've did something right, I mean they hate PRESIDENT TRUMP ,he must be doing something right.
Yesss! Like Dave Chappelle sticks and stones
New Yorker: "...impersonal manipulation of memory & experience." *How would they know his memories?* Audacious disrespect by these unprofessional HACKS.
As a black man, especially a young black man in college I related to this movie so much. I saw myself in JD; Someone who wants to do great things but family always gets in the way and feels like they’re dragging you down almost. One of the best films I’ve seen lately The critics dont know shit
“When exposing a crime is treated as committing a crime, you are being ruled by criminals.” - Edward Snowden - ELECTION 2020
The left decided is okay to track our phones - th-cam.com/video/y7Qzk6OcvXw/w-d-xo.html
Why do you leave Snowden quotes everywhere? Is this just some spam bot?
@@FrostBlackbird Just a bot I presume
@@FrostBlackbird because the left hates it!
Snowden gave up his freedom to help us get our freedom back...
I am an Indian immigrant, and I truly admired the book and the movie. Much respect fir JD Vance and people like him that come out of poverty out of hard work.
I sobbed when I watched it. It hit so close to home. That was my childhood and it was the same for so many others in the south.
I'm so sorry for your experience.
This story took place in Ohio, not exactly the South. This stuff happens all over the country, not sure why you pinpoint the South. You gotta continue that stereotype I guess
While it is a touching movie they are not in the South only roots in Ky. To me it is about a family that bought into the illusion go north for a better life but was bitter because the factory closed and they were worse off in Ohio.
I get the feeling this is rural version of “Precious”
But they aren’t black, so it doesn’t mean anything to critics
Or the one about the football player... with Sandra Bullock & Tim McGraw.
Boot straps & talent.
@@giverny28 The Blind Side? That movie always makes me hungry for KFC because of the one scene. I guess Sandra Bullock doesn’t like to cook for her family....
@@noobie1890 Blindside was a great film, as was this one. wish people would just enjoy films and peoples stories instead of making everything about skin colour and politics!!
@@giverny28 The Blind Side
Only Black Lives Matter huh ?? That’s a bunch of crock. All our lives matter , animals too. Stop catering to one group of ppl when all groups of ppl have the same sad story
I'm a hillbilly and approve of this message.
@Will M I can only speak for myself. I wasn't raised to hate any race. Manners & mutual respect isn't hard to express. Hatred requires more energy than kindness. Nothing positive results, just evil.
Same
Do hillbilly's bleed? What color is it? Better not tell me Red-White and Blue. RACIST. "Mom, why's that man smell like natty ice and gun smoke?"
@Will M as a group no. There are racist people in every group. There are good and bad in every group, but being a hillbilly doesn't automatically make one racist. People need to stop judging others by the group they lump them into. They need to judge them individually like my generation was taught to. Watch the documentary Hillbilly on Hulu. It explains where the stereotypes and caricatures of hillbillies come from. Hollywood has always mocked those stricken by poverty with distaste, white and black, and that's where a lot of the assumptions about hillbillies come from. Here's something a lot of people don't realize, there are black hillbillies just like there are white hillbillies. Watch the doc. It doesn't touch on everything but its something people need to see.
@@itsyourenotyour9101 you must be a lunatic, idk? Retired combat veteran here. I know what bleeding & death is up close. We all bleed the same way. And it doesn't discriminate, unless of course, if you're a coward? You certainly conveyed that!
I'm not replying back to any more of your deranged comments.
Try growing a pair first! 😁
As a first generation child to Mexican immigrant parents, I’ve never related so closely to hillbillies prior to this movie. It was great. I saw us in their story tbh
Hey , thats an awesome comment . as someone who is from Appalachia , we are closer to mex/ Latino immigrants than most people think. Heres a yt channel to check out . SOFT WHITE UNDERBELLY. MARK L does alot of interviews of a lot of different people but check out the ones from Appalachia. Its eye opening . STANDFAST AND GODSPEED
@@geraldhoskins2021 so true. that is great channel
Exactly they are human stories not white, black, brown, or purple stories. We are all so much more alike than we all know. We need more love and understanding.
I grew up in one of these rural white areas, I’ve thought for years we have SO much in common with poor blacks and poor Latinos.
@@pandavelli8176 yeah, honestly, I was amazed at the similarities. The abusive parents, the drunk father, the psycho mother, childhood moments of biking with the neighborhood kids down to the river, listening to church on the radio, the run down homes, it all hit me hard
The movie was great. It was one person's life, not the whole area.
Very true
I thought that it was brilliant. They showed a side of society that is rarely acknowledged and it was done with taste. Glenn Close killed it and it's shameful that she didn't receive any recognition for her role.
Feminists should appreciate the strong women that help a young man in this
@J H See if you can find a feminist critic who gives the movie a "thumbs up". Good luck!
@J H find a feminist film critic that likes this movie
@@brianaguilar8283 find a feminist film critic XD
When you have such a high audience score vs a low critic score, it just makes the critics look stupid.
Same thing happened to the last Dave chappelle special.
Joker
If you look at the critic-reviewed score on another movie on Rotten Tomatoes though, you'll see it's not simply stupidity.
As of the time of this comment, the scores given to 'Cuties' are a 15% Audience Score... and an 87% Critic Score.
It's not just stupidity at this point, it's become utter depravity.
They'll never admit to it
Being a movie critic has diverged from the purpose of "Help people decide what they might like to go see over the weekend" to "You're better than them, so tell people what they NEED to watch to be as good as you"
The fundamental point: You may not be responsible for the position you are in, but YOU are responsible for getting yourself out of the position you are in.
And sometimes you cant get out. JD is the exception.
@@makeitcount179 if people really want to get out they can. Saying you can’t is just an excuse.
Sick people are unable sometimes, depending on their disease or disorder. Others believe they can't because of emotional damage and actually can, but need a mentor to help them overcome the belief that they can't.
Good wisdom, thanks for sharing.
Sometimes there's no way to do that. Sometimes your life is all you know and your not aware that things could be different.
Watched with my two twenty-something year old kids. I grew up like portrayed in the movie. My son is a lawyer. My daughter is a nurse. They loved it.
I love how people are looking for politics where they really don’t exist.
Couldn’t agree more. This was a powerful and very inspiring story. Lots of these types of stories exist all over America amongst different races and demographics of people. I don’t align with Shapiro’s political beliefs whatsoever but I agreed with absolutely everything he said in this video.
To the Left, everything is political. See Roger Kimball's book, "Tenured Radicals" for exact quotes.
@@rimabench1238 They aren't funded by the government though, but they do exist.
@@itzakehrenberg3449 So, this video doesn't count? This guy is one of the most political people on the right.
We're not the ones trying the muscle into the homes of transgender children, and make decisions for their families.
@@itzakehrenberg3449 Same thing with the Red State dittoheads. Everything for them revolves around political resentment and triumph.
I think movie critics are the same group doing the so called “fact checking”.
For sure
Probably
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if you're mad at people who do fact checking you're probably a conspiracy theorist tbh
⚠ This claim about movie critics is disputed
20 years ago everyone would have received an Academy Award for this. That's how far we've fallen...
I couldn't help but wonder how 'Back to the Future' would be received today. The basic message of the film is much the same as Hillbilly Elegy - 'make good decisions and life will be better for you and the people around you'.
People don’t like that grandma a hero and Hillbilly elegy is really brilliant and fantastic as it shows something very rare. It shows something never before seen on film or TV. A solution to family violence. A solution to intergenerational family trauma. I solution to into generational family scapegoating. The hero is the grandma as she steps up and admits that she was a terrible mother a very bad mother herself her up in a chaotic bullying family. The grandma stop shaming her daughter. And steps up and actually helps raise the grandson that’s the key solution stepping up and protecting children in your family who are being bulliedBlamed shamed and scapegoated and made to feel little and unimportant.
Are you seriously whinging about one movie not getting the recognition you think it deserves, and attributing it to the downfall of your country? Such a classic 1st world problem.
@@helenalim4906 first world problem? The movie is showing plight of people which in some cases is worse than in some third world countries. If you are too blind to see this I think you are the one with first world problem.
@@neverstop108 Check your reading comprehension skills. My comment never insinuated anything denigrating about the movie's content or subject matter whatsoever. I actually admire Amy Adams in many of her roles and I'm sure the performances in Hillbilly Elegy were impressive in their representation of Appalachian communities' experiences. The previous commenter's snowflakery about one film not getting an Academy Award and then attributing it to the downfall of a nation, is worthy of ridicule. Not the movie.
If you're ready to take ownership of your blunder and apologise like a grown up, I'll be ready to welcome it with gratitude. Otherwise, I think we can just end it here before wasting any more precious time over nothing.
This movie was wonderful. A true American family growing up story.
So they are hating on the fact he wasn’t like his mother addicted to drugs? instead he decided to pursue a better life? That’s weird ha.
Some people love to play the victim card, that way they can always blame someone else
I’m living in a shit show reality. Someone’s story of overcoming incredible adversity is disliked because he’s not woke.
Somehow the American dream is now politically incorrect
@@lucneesby3009 it’s quite literally because people are choosing to subscribe to the fact that it’s just ok to be mediocre and they literally just want it that way
Because they came out of it themselves without government assistance
Liberalism isn’t about overcoming adversity. It’s about staying in adversity so the government can take care of you.
McGeek Totally right. May be no one should elevate himself to overcome hardships and misery and seek to advance to a better life. Let’s just all be lazy parasites and depend on the government give outs.
The film is the story of my life from poverty and child abuse, to educating my self and getting out of consious poverty.
Rootin' for ya!
@@ephennell4ever Thank you! That means alot, as My PTSD is triggered. Them battles are the hardest to over come! Your comment means more than you may think! Doest matter if were black or white because where human.
I’m happy that you were able to overcome that life! Thanks for sharing!!
Congratulations! I hope you realize how much hard work that took!
@@julil3021 thank you 😍❤
Glenn Close was just incredible in this film.
so now "lived experiences" don't matter at all and they "ignore important nuances". Got it!
"We choose everyday who we become" J.D. Vance. If J.D. had been black, this would've been wonderful, per the left.
Not only would it be wonderful ,the book and movie would be required reading in all public schools and colleges .
I was thinking the same thing
Not true, look at Ben Carson. A powerful black man who pulled himself out of detroit poverty and became one of the most successful surgeons in history yet he is blasted simply because he is on Trump's cabinet
@@jordanalbareed im older than Dr Carson and grew up in the same Detroit as he did,in fact im still just outside Detroit ,people make the mistake in believing Detroit has been a poverty stricken city forever when the city was equal to NY in income and Paris in fashion ,the Detroit Dr Carson grew up in was a city of middle class familys with 2 cars ,a boat or a motorhome and family vacations once a year,that was the average Detroit ,the city didnt fall apart until 1980 .
@@michaelledford4751 I can understand that, but that's not where he lived. At the age of 8 he was taken from his home and had to move into a multi family home. Originally living in a 700 sq foot home with his mother father and 2 siblings. That's poverty, regardless if detroit itself wasn't stricken with it doesn't mean poverty doesn't exist within
“I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” -MLK
BLM needs to remember MLK's philosophy
MLK should be the greatest role model for the black community. He believed in family, the US, and the rights of ALL PEOPLE!!!! Now that was a man and a true hero that died 4 his beliefs. Nowadays every1 wants to be called a hero. BLM is a racist hate group
Right its crazy the people that for years have been saying dont judge on skin color or sexual preference because they where born that way automatically blame white people just because they where born white and can scream it on tv imagine if a white people said some of the things that are said about us meanwhile if they say it about us they get 👏 lets face it you can say any nasty thing you want about white men and noone gets mad but if a white man says anything about anyone we get destroyed.anyone how dosnt see white men are the most hated insulted group on the planet is not being honest with themselves .tell me anything anyone can say about white men that causes outrage just one thing and ill never say anything about this again
BLM has explicitly rejected MLK. Enough said.
@@jamessteele1444 Your first point is a great one and I agree. However, he absolutely did not die for his beliefs. He was murdered. There's a big difference between murder and martyr.
BLM is more like Malcom X
They are turning on their own, Ron Howard.
This is my 80 year old mama's story...alcohol instead of drugs... she was first in large family to graduate high school... then beauty school...then college... then nursing school. With not a dime of help from government or anyone else. She now has a beautiful life with great health and looks upon her Appalachian roots with a great deal of fondness for all the people that made her who she is today ...with love instead of shame. She loves the mountains she came from and the people and the music and the love they shared.
"Hillbilly Elegy" was a great book true to real life. J.D.Vance is a success story. Thanks Ben for covering this story.
I did not like the movie. Thought it was boring
@@poolplexer it was pretty interesting in my opinion but I can understand how it was boring. It was a pretty sad story too
Yea and the movie did a terrible job adapting the book. It was so boring.
I grew up in a place that echoed this story across the board. Having grown up in small town Ohio with family dating back to moonshiners in Kentucky running spirits to the big cities, I know this story well. Lots of things hold you back when your town feels like your entire world, so many problems develop to keep you from success. I'm tremendously proud to hear this story and see the success that he gained by achieving his dreams and opening his mind to something bigger than his small town. Very glad to see that Ben covered this story!
Thanks Ben I enjoyed this video, I enjoy all your video's.
As a rural-raised woman in academia pursuing a better life separate from my incredibly humble and turbulent beginnings, thanks for covering this❤️😂
@ThePatUltra Amen.
Me too. The book is amazing, informative, helpful, healing. Excellent
Same, I'm from KY and grew up having Principals ask if I dated cousins. Here I am working on a DBA and blowing minds telling people I switch to conservatism because of what I learned in academia. Keep up the great work sis
Academy Award winner. Easily the best movie I've watched in years
Ben, I'm from Oklahoma and lived in Chicago for many years. I was harrassed often. Thank you for this post.
I definitely didn't see any "White Privilege" in this movie...
If J D Vance was female, it would have received better reviews!
@@willhay6148 ain't that the sad truth...
Instead of blowing up white stereotypes, they showed a story of someone who actually experienced real life and that confuses and bothers libtards.
@@joerovar Just about to comment this.
And therein lies the issue for regressive leftists.
And now, due to the outrage, I am going to watch a movie I never heard of and otherwise would have no interest in.
Yes I went and watched it because the critics panned it. Ron Howard does human portrayals so the fantacists don't understand. Some parts of it were fantastic.
@@cosmicsquirrel7642 Yeah, some parts. Like a few.
Everyone's got their nuts twisted over the fact that critics panned this movie, and the reality is it just wasn't that good.
Midwinter same!😆🤣
haha exactly!
@@thewaffle003 It's YOUR opinion.
"That's how we got Trump."
What a great line.
Being sponsored by a gambling service while talking about how good decisions lift people out of poverty is shockingly ironic
Money doesn't stink.
Nothing wrong with gambling, too much though ruins lives. Work is obviously good but too much can wreck families and also destroy lives.
Gambling itself isn't a bad decision. The vast majority of people who gamble view it as entertainment. It's like bitching if someone plays video games.
If the characters were any color but white this would be nominated for all the oscars
Probably not. They would say the main character internalized ‘whiteness’ and was participating in the system of white supremacy. I’m not kidding. Wokeists do not believe in individual agency beyond one’s ‘authentic’ group identity.
cap asf yk the public prefers white people
Maybe it shows how much Hollywood attitudes have changed just since Margo Martindale won an Emmy (very well deserved) for playing a hillbilly drug lord on Justified. IIRC, Thomas Sowell was the first to draw a direct comparison between Appalachia and the inner city. He took some heat for it in the 90s, but not too much.
@@Incognito2.0 Asians have been here just as long as Caucasians. Where there are white people, there are Asians. Been like that since the Mongolian Empire.
@@Incognito2.0 not in California they’re all Democrats for the most part. You guys love and eat up Hollywood culture just as much as blacks.
Oh my word - my son and I watched it yesterday. Absolutely loved it. Bawled my eyes out.
You nailed it Ben. It’s pro family and opposed to victimhood.
The Vanity Fair review asks what policy recommendations the audience can take away. None, other than the notion of personal responsibility, which isn't about to transform the region. It just enables audiences to wash their hands of the region's suffering.
Excellent movie.. moved me to tears , it's been more than 10 yrs since I cried. This movie hits different for people from broken familes. My mom is schizophrenic and dad is a depressive patient .. as far as I can remember they both used to make each other miserable. They seperated few 14 years ago.. My mom lives with me.. sometimes i lose my calm and say mean things to my mom. It doesn't make sense to me how my mom doesn't care about me, she doesn't ever talk to me about my life got affected since my childhood, how I'm coping
"Where we come from is who we are but we choose every day who we become. My family is not perfect, but they made me who I am and gave me chances they never had. My future, whatever it is, is our shared Legacy." amazing thanks Ben
So this is basically the same story as "the pursuit of happiness". Somehow critics liked that one...
Hmm. they shouldnt though. the government didnt save the day
The scene in the movie where JD struggles with his silverware is a great scene of a wonderfull movie,all these critics panning this story are just an extension of a biased media,nothing more,see the movie its superb
I tend to think 'Happyness' would be panned were it released today. Any film about escaping poverty via personal accountability is obviously an attack on black folks. Just about everything is in 2020.
@@jpalvarez4972 Yup. No has chooses in life now, they are just robots in which their surroundings control everything.
@D K Accept it didnt....and it wasnt.... so all that is occurring TODAY is that YOU are putting this negative thought energy into the world from YOUR hypothetical story that YOU created the theme of the story.
How would Hollywood understand any of struggles in the movie? This is real America and obviously Hollywood knows zero about that.
This would be more or less the same struggles that inner city African Americans would have. That’s what I got from the book. We are all “real” America. It’s a large country with lots of experiences
and how would some rich boy like shapiro know anything about experiences of the poor working class? he is only pumping this movie because vance became a success, oh yeah one poor kid made it so we all can if we just work a bit harder blah b;lah
@Peter Kile ben shitpiro knows nothing about the working class
@@barbellsamurai8014 nor, would I venture, do you know anything about Ben Shapiro.
@@mcarrowtime7095 are you suggesting his background is working class?
Watched this movie..and it took my breath away when they showed that it was based on a real story...Glenn Close nails it...and no they didn't sugar coat anything ...and great movie...very uplifting .
Hillbilly elegy, watched it last night it was fucking incredible
Thank you Ben for giving a voice to the 25 million people living in the Appalachians. 25 million people that serve as a punch line for the elites. We are much more than that.
I relish in being their “punch-line”, because I don’t consider them on any level. Its a one sided obsession you see.
Look i am from the appellations i like trump. But shapiro doesn’t speak for us we have our own voice..
Obama says clutch your guns & religion. 😏 The DNC wants to berate & insult the mostly white states. The poor are just tools of the DNC to be patronized.
Those are the same critics that said "Cuties" was "groundbreaking"... so those people should be in jail anyways... who gives AF what they think and like?
@MidOhioBuckeyeMan Gross. 🤮
@MidOhioBuckeyeMan I deleted my Netflix months ago. They are nothing but a headache and a contradiction. I don't like that.
I nominate you for Top commemt, sir. 🏆 good day.
Excellent review and movie. Thank you for taking the time to post this.
Here like elsewhere liberals hear some kind of Trump dog whistle that is not really there.
He lives in so many people's brains, and never has to pay a penny in rent.
I don’t think they made that assertion. But if you don’t hear trump’s dog whistles, it means, fortunately... he’s not calling at you. And it’s not part of your makeup. Be proud
I am so screwed. I’m a high schooler from a rural county and I actually read this book not too long before college applications were due. Because I enjoyed this book, I also put it down under the “favorite book” question. We’ll see how it goes... thank you Ben for the review, btw!
I loved the book, too. I predict you’re going to be fine no matter what college you go to.
You’re good, tell your story, take pride in it and keep writing it.
Stay true to self, you will be great! Work hard and never, ever give up!!! God bless!
Know what you will get paid with whatever degree you choose. You might be better off affordably gaining skills and starting a business vs the overly advised college path. God bless you in your endeavors!
Film critics have no love for Ron Howard’s “Hillbilly Elegy;” reviews call the film “laughably horrendous,” “awful,” and “one of the most shameless films of the year.”
That means this is a really good movie lol
One of the best movies in recent times. Great performances.
The book is 10x better!!
Exactly! We really liked it. And yrs ago with Siskel and Ebbert, if they didn't care for a movie, we knew we'd like it! Lol
Yeah, and don't forget Don Lemon laughing about 'hick' language on national television. I'm proud to be from the Southeast. We may be hick, but guess who don't come to this area and try to take down our statues and burn down our buildings? We know how to use our weapons, and how to fight. Remember, we came across the mountains pulling our wagons, animals, family, weapons, and run out all the 'enemy'. We know how! Just chew on that one!
Hi! Does anyone here know in which video Shapiro brought up that new Christmas movie starring Kristen Stewart? I can't seem to find it anywhere despite it supposedly being released just a few days ago... If you could post a link up, that would be great, thx.
I'm mexican. Born in Mexico lived in the beautiful USA since 1972. American naturalized citizen. Grew up in East Los Angeles and I can relate to the struggles of this family. No matter what color your skin is. I love this movie, so real. WOW
saw this last week. I was surprised that netflix had this on there list.
Petition to get a weekly Ben Shapiro movie review
I’d rather him have cooking show once a week
No
I hate Hollyweird too much. I’d only watch movies done by known conservatives. I have been to maybe 3 movies in the last 10 years, dragged there by other people.
I can support that
I’d like to see him rank some of his favorite films
I just visited my grandparents and family from McDowell County, WV for Thanksgiving and joked with my wife about all my privilege as we drove through shanty town after shanty town. I watched this entire movie through tears feeling it’s truth down to my bones. I’m infinitely appreciative and forever grateful for my family sacrificing and paving the way for me become who I am today.
You are a good man
Your last sentence says it all. Your attitude of gratitude will (has) served you well and obviously provided you an outlook on life that we desperately need more of in this country. Well said - blessings.
Gratitude changes everything. God bless you.
I'm from Southern California. Back in 2001, I went to Logan County West Virginia to ride ATVs. It was beautiful scenery and friendly people. Recently I traveled back to West Virginia to Buckhannon... beautiful town and friendly people. Some poor, some with money, many working class... although most were White, I did see Asian, Hispanic and Black people.
Ben great job reporting on facts! Enjoyed listening this video.
Thank you, Mr. Shapiro, for your insight.
I've yet to read the book, and I haven't seen the movie either, but it sounds like a great story/documentary... The fact that the lefist Hollywood snobs despise it, gives me a pretty good idea that it is something actually worth reading and watching.
I've also been a fan of Ron Howard since the 80s, when he was on Happy Days, and of course, as "Opie Taylor," on the Andy Griffith Show reruns, of which I have enjoyed for the last 4 decades.
I’m actually from the Appalachian area in East Tennessee and this movie/book sounds like it could’ve been written about my home town
hi, Rachel! 🐰🇺🇸🌸🎸🎶✌️
same, my mom was like the woman in the movie and i dont even wanna fully watch it bc it might make me cry lmao
Have you seen the movie or read the book? This kid actually has it pretty easy compared to a lot of low-income children of drug abusers. In my world, his life was normal. His family still has curiosity and values of a sort. A lot of (white) kids I went to school with had families who were like animals...completely illiterate, half of their siblings in prison, not a clue who their baby's daddies were, sexual molestation by close relatives, weirdly superstitious...that's what I expected his upbringing to have been. I think we all assume everyone has a better life than we do, but most families are at least as f'd up as J.D. Vance's. No matter what race, culture, or income level, it's a competitive world out there.
Hillbilly elegy is really brilliant and fantastic as it shows something very rare. It shows something never before seen on film or TV. A solution to family violence. A solution to intergenerational family trauma. I solution to into generational family scapegoating. The hero is the grandma as she steps up and admits that she was a terrible mother a very bad mother herself her up in a chaotic bullying family. The grandma stop shaming her daughter. And steps up and actually helps raise the grandson that’s the key solution stepping up and protecting children in your family who are being bulliedBlamed shamed and scapegoated and made to feel little and unimportant.
Same. South east Ohio
I love how many have claimed that J.D. Vance's experience is "inauthentic." I mean, that takes some special brass ones to claim that someone who actually lived it didn't live it "authentically." And this is why politicians, let alone journalists or movie critics, will never understand rural America.
To be fair, they dont understand much about people in urban areas either
'understand'? they don't even care. Politicians suck, and there are no journalists anymore.
It's kind of interesting to look back and realize that Hollywood actually toned down someone like Audie Murphy's life story to make it more believable.
Hi! Does anyone here know in which video Shapiro brought up that new Christmas movie starring Kristen Stewart? I can't seem to find it anywhere despite it supposedly being released just a few days ago... If you could post a link up, that would be great, thx.
I grew up in an Appalachian family and I can say that believing that everyone in the region grew up like Vance (who is from Middletown Ohio, which is not Appalachian) is inauthentic too, a lot of the people who say it’s inauthentic a majority of the time are Appalachian as well
Thanks for your profile of the movie. Also with the social application, explanation of the difference between media portrailial vs the written word. Also how some people like to bash something that displays something outside of what they want all to see. Peace and prayers to all.
Thank you, Ben. I'm from the "Appalachia" of upstate NY. I LOVED this movie and want the book.
I don't understand why there's even a "critic score." nobody cares what critics think. I only care what the audience (normal people) thought.
I've always taken the critic score it's for nerds. Like the urinal of Duchamp it's brilliant in his moment in time, revolutionary but I wouldn't pay a dime for that thing.
I honestly don't care about both. Critics are biased, general audiences are dumb. Just watch a movie and see for yourself.
It is important to know what they think.... it warns us of the level of wokeness and let us know what NOT to watch 🤣
Siskel and Ebert disagree (from the grave).
You don’t have to be a critic to see this is a pretty average to bad movie.
That movie is the story of my life. My mother was a drug addict, life was hard. You have to sacrifice your childhood years and grow up too fast. I'm now on my way to become a Chartered Accountant (a 7 year course which is one of the most difficult courses in my country ). Elites think people like us don't exist. We do . We are the rare children that understand hardwork and sacrifice.
@joshua7878 I feel you brother. You realize everything we need to get in our lives is a fight . You have to fight harder than any of the kids who didn't have to. This made me better person overall so in a sense I'm not bitter about it.
@Amanda never Amanda. I believe in personal responsibility, hard word and sacrifice. I was never given any handouts in my country because of my race. One day when I'm qualified and do I move to America I will move to a place with like minded individuals. I will pass these values onto my children as well no matter how much of a privileged life I provide for them.
I am very proud of people like you, God bless you and your family Donnie!
@@jewelsf1925 Thank you Jewels. God bless your family too x
@@DonnieDarko25 Any time, love my fellow Americans!
If this same film showed the protagonists as BLACKS the elites would give it 95
I’m from Appalachia specifically the Ohio West Virginia and Kentucky tristate and the depiction of Appalachia family structure is insanely accurate
If the cast had been all black and brown, the movie would be considered
"stunning and brave" by the critics....
and nominated for every award under the sun.
Just as well, I think because of that very reason, the movie can also be seen as "stunning and brave". A movie about another just-as-real American family. 🤷🏾♀️
@hegemony cricket , no it would need to have trans women as well!
Heeeeey! Black and brown is different we brown are against this black bs at least most of us
That's exactly the words..🤣🙄Like we haven't been preached to 100 times this week already.
I'm glad Ben covered this issue. There is no question Hillbilly Elegy should win an Oscar, but it won't for exactly the reasons Ben is quoting.
It can't. New rules say if there are no people of color or diasabled people in a main role then no oscars for them, which is the dumbest idea I have ever encountered.
@@CC-it3df What about his GF Ursha she was India?
@mikeallan james I'm impressed with your powers of ESP since you apparently know what Ben thinks. (Pats Mike on the head.) Nothing to see here. You can return to your post underneath the bridge.
Thanks Ben for the movie critique on "Hillbilly Elegy." I saw it listed on Netflix but didn't know the story or the stellar cast. I look forward to watching the movie this weekend!
headed to watch this movie and will come back to listen to your comments after - thanks Ben !!!!!!
It sounds like a good story plot. If the Hollywood elite reject it, then I'm definitely watching it.
SimplyDee Beauty me too
Same.
Agree 100% I’ve heard from several people it’s a great movie.
The acting was top notch. Glen Close was amazing in her role. Forgot it was even her
It’s a great movie
I'm 68 year old disabled Vet born in what we used to call a ghetto. I'm the eldest of seven children and raised without a father. I was the first to go to collage in my family. I don't do drugs, don't drink and have raised four successful children. My siblings on the other hand have all passed fairly young from drugs and alcohol. At seventeen I joined the millatary to get out of my circumstances. After I was discharged I went to college on the G.I. bill. It is about decisions you make.
Good for you! I'm a US Army veteran & agree you can improve your soc or economic conditions. Drugs, booze, vices do not benefit, help you in the long term. I'd add to associate or hang around bad people, - situations can drag you down too.
Thanks Ben, haven't even heard of this film in Australia... Will definitely give it a watch.
My father emigrated to the US from Europe in 1939 after his father became a US citizen. My father was drafted into the WWII Army as soon as he turned 19. He earned the Bronze Star and after that made his living with a short handle shovel digging holes in the earth. His four children were all educated as far as they wanted to go. He knew that education was the key to leaving the short handle shovel in the garage.
The thing is, we don’t really care what the “elites” in these left wing metropolitan areas, say or do. I personally don’t even consider them human. I compare their lived experience to mine and I actually feel pity for them. 21 yrs ago i was a broken penniless OxyContin junky. I slept on the floor of trailers that most people wouldn’t even be able to blink in. As horrific as that sounds, it made me the man i am today. When I think about some of the ungodly things i did and endured, all i can do is smile. Nowadays I operate a small construction company. I have a small farm, 2 beautiful children, a wife/best friend who stuck by me through the worst of times, I haven’t used in almost 20 yrs and i employ only individuals struggling with drug addiction and trying to get back on their feet. I frankly wouldn’t trade places with any of these “elitist” dregs, and i damn sure wouldn’t switch roots with one of them.
God bless you sir.
Thank you for posting. There is hope for me yet 🤭👍
Thanks Keith!
Your story is exemplary of the American dream. You were able to bring yourself out of that terrible place through hard work, and now you’ve got a business and family to show for it. Mad respect brother
Thanks a lot guys. While it is true that I grew up in the wrong town at the wrong time, my parents did everything they could to raise me right. I’d be long gone without either one of them. Many years ago my Mom broke down crying and told me she should have been able to get me outta there. I told her that every decision i made, was mine and mine alone. I made a series of choices that lead me down a dark path and if not for her light , i’d still be there, or worse. If anyone owes an apology it would be me. I looked through my high school yearbook a couple years ago, and out of a class of 126 people, i was able to confirm 19 dead from overdose and i’m sure there were some I couldn’t confirm. At least 3 are doing long prison sentences and at least 2 suicides. Some of these kids kids came from upper middle class families. Some of them grew up dirt poor and have PhD after their names. Life truly is what we make it. While it’s absolutely true that it begins in the home, ultimately it’s up to us to set our own course.
Glenn Close, Amy Adams deserve Oscar nomiations for their roles.
Glenn Close is alright, but not Oscar worthy. Amy Adams was actually pretty bad. Both far from the best performances of the year.
I don't know what races turn it is?
I just said nomination
They will get nominated.
Hi! Does anyone here know in which video Shapiro brought up that new Christmas movie starring Kristen Stewart? I can't seem to find it anywhere despite it supposedly being released just a few days ago... If you could post a link up, that would be great, thx.
I tried watching a download of this. Hard to get started on it, now I get it. This style of review was needed.
This video made me subscribe to your channel without even looking to your channel, great work, thank you
I watched the movie before ever even hearing that it was pissing off the left. I never once thought of politics. It was about JD overcoming huge obstacles and making something of himself.
nooooo identity politics matter most of all‼️‼️‼️ 2021 woohooooo
I'm a lefty and I thought this movie was great.
This movie is Real! sadly Hollywood likes fairytales. This movie was actually great!
this is why the left like socialism. they like control and 'how things should be'. versus the right and how things are and freedom. the self as be all end all versus God be all end all.
Lol do you guys just say stuff over here with no research? I just scrolled through rotten tomatoes and movies of all kind get 💩 reviews. Fairytales, Sci-fi, documentaries, true stories, period pieces. Even lib comedians like Pete Davidson got a 💩 review for his special. The movie sucked to critics. it doesn’t stop you from watching it. Watch it and stop crying❄️
The book is 10x better!
@@greatstate58 Nope. The reviews are actually liberal take. I hate that. Look at those newspaper reviews. I hate both liberals and conservatives. I am not a fan of hillbilly elegy but that its rejected because of this conservative take.
@@darkbrandon8431 it has nothing to do with politics. My mom liked the movie and she’s no republican at all. I didn’t like it. Perhaps there is something else in the movie that appeals to some and not others and it’s completely separate from politics. Maybe read and watch the reviews instead of making 💩 up just because. You can’t even prove the non-critics who reviewed the movie and liked it are conservative.
God forbid there’s a story where the main character improves his lot in life through taking responsibility and making different choices. This movie is terrific. Ron Howard did an amazing job bringing this story to life.
Bravo Ben! Love your examination of the skewed and screwed thinking in our culture! Bravo!
I was surprised that Netflix aired the movie at all, given its sympathetic look at poor white America.
they know who their audience is lol
Especially Barry and Michael behind the helm.
Is it still up?
I’m a Filipino immigrant in Canada and I can relate. I and my wife came here ( legally ) with nothing but thru hard work, perseverance and faith in God we were able to reach our goals and dreams not only for ourselves but also for our kids.
Swertehin sana po kayo.
@@angkawawangcowboy2000 , salamat! God bless!!!
God bless! God is good!!!
Ty for making me aware of this book. Just added it to my Amazon cart!
I read the book and connected with JD Vance. I was born to a 15 year old girl in a government program. She and my father married and had 7 more kids. He was in and out of the mental hospital and we were always on relief. It wasn't generous like today and it seemed to go out of ots way to make you feel like a beggar sucking up public money.
I didn't get to Yale but I did get a decent career type job. Four years in the Navy prepared me for self employment when I was laid off after 16 years. I married a good woman 48 years ago and we still like each other's company. My son was the only one in his generation to go to college and is also well married with two children. He's good at what he does. He's never looked for a job, jobs look for him.
The Elitists who dislike people like Vance and others like him because they made it out of the class they were born into without government assistance should be ashamed of themselves. They'll never think about whether they could have done it themselves because privilege has blinded them to it. I've listened to insults about people who go into the military many times because we had no other opportunities like parents who could pay for them to get a college deferment while getting C- grades. And they have no shame about it.
We now are in the Age of Pretend. Expect to hear phrases like, “ My Truth is...”
Or “my ever evolving truth”. It makes me sick, crazy times man.
You might hear about “lived experience “
That means you can’t disagree with me
Relativism will Be our end.
@@thomasarnoldcoe6527 INFURIATING really. Personal experience does not equate to statistical evidence.
People really think that their one experience makes them some messiah on the subject.
Even worse when they gate-keep the subject because you haven’t personally lived though it.
You forgot the preface: "As a [race][sexual orientation][sex] ...
"Dear Minorities: You are not good enough on your own to accomplish anything of merit. So we, the Academy, are going to grant you a place at the table just because of the way you look. We know you're too weak, too stupid to recognize this as blatant patronization and will gladly accept our magnanimity with a grateful smile like the good little boys and girls you are. You're welcome." - The Academy of Arts and Science.
Definitely more this! Brilliant, and not much talked about topic.
I watched this movie yesterday and I absolutely loved the screen writing, amazing acting and exceptional casting of the characters. This movie is a must watch imo I believe most will definitely be able to identify and relate on some level. We absolutely need more real life true story movies like Hillbilly Elegy.