Glenn Close and Amy Adams are far, far better than this. Our movies editor Brian Lloyd reviews Ron Howard’s latest Netflix film - 'Hilbilly Elegy'.

"The story of 'Hillbilly Elegy' centres around a young student in Yale Law School, working three jobs to make the tuition payments and finds himself forced to return home when his mother - played by Amy Adams - has fallen ill from a heroin overdose. The movie flits back and forth in time, interlocking Vance's struggles to make his way through the high-flying world of Ivy League colleges and his modest upbringing in Kentucky and Ohio, where his family is splintered by both their personal problems and wider economic and social issues.

"While that might seem like it's ripe for drama, the truth is that Ron Howard's direction, Amy Adams and Glenn Close's performance, and the wider issues with the story and Vance's telling of it all, just serves to make it leaden and overcooked."

You can read the rest of Brian Lloyd's review on entertainment.ie here: https://entertainment.ie/tv/on-demand...

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