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Hillbilly Elegy
2020
· Movie
· 117 min
C
MEANRANK
61/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3837
- IMDb #2950
- Google retired #965
- Rotten Tomatoes #3585
- Metacritic #3577
- Letterboxd #4720
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #4943
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1599
- Metacritic Critics #4356
- Metacritic Audience #1529
- Criticker #3393
- Kinopoisk #2697
- AlloCiné #1641
- Trakt #2399
Every rating
24–90
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 24, highest is Google on 90. Critics average 31, everyone else 68.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A Yale law student is pulled back to his hometown in Ohio by a family emergency. The journey forces him to reflect on his childhood and his complex, tumultuous relationship with his struggling mother and the tough, loving grandmother who raised him. He grapples with the family legacy of addiction and dysfunction while navigating his own path.
Details
- Director
- Ron Howard
- Writer
- Vanessa Taylor
- Based on
- Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance
- Studio
- Imagine Entertainment
- Released
- 9 November 2020
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 win, 23 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 24 →1 win from 24 nominations across 14 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2021 | Best Supporting Actress | Glenn Close | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2021 | Best Makeup and Hairstyling | Eryn Krueger Mekash, Patricia Dehaney and Matthew W. Mungle | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2021 | Best Supporting Actress | Glenn Close | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2021 | Best Hair & Makeup | Eryn Krueger Mekash, Patricia Dehaney and Matthew Mungle | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2021 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Glenn Close | Nominee |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards 2021 | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Glenn Close | Nominee |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards 2021 | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role | Amy Adams | Nominee |
| AARP Movies for Grownup Awards 2021 | Best Supporting Actress | Glenn Close | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
2 nominations
| Best Makeup and Hairstyling | Eryn Krueger Mekash, Patricia Dehaney and Matthew W. Mungle | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Glenn Close | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Awards
2 nominations
| Best Hair & Makeup | Eryn Krueger Mekash, Patricia Dehaney and Matthew Mungle | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Glenn Close | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
2 nominations
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role | Amy Adams | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Glenn Close | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Glenn Close | Nominee |
San Francisco International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Award for Acting | Glenn Close | Winner |
Golden Raspberry Awards
3 nominations
| Worst Director | Ron Howard | Nominee |
| Worst Screenplay | Vanessa Taylor ; Based on the memoir by JD Vance | Nominee |
| Worst Supporting Actress | Glenn Close | Nominee |
Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards
3 nominations
| Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling in a Feature-Length Motion Picture | Patricia Dehaney, Tony Ward, Martial Corneville and Stacey Butterworth | Nominee |
| Best Period and/or Character Make-Up in a Feature-Length Motion Picture | Eryn Krueger Mekash, Jamie Hess, Devin Morales and Jessica Gambardella | Nominee |
| Best Special Make-Up Effects in a Feature-Length Motion Picture | Eryn Krueger Mekash, Matthew Mungle and Jamie Hess | Nominee |
AARP Movies for Grownup Awards
2 nominations
| Best Intergenerational Film | Hillbilly Elegy | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Glenn Close | Nominee |
Gold Derby Awards
2 nominations
| Makeup/Hair | Eryn Krueger Mekash, Patricia Dehaney and Matthew Mungle | Nominee |
| Supporting Actress | Glenn Close | Nominee |
Hollywood Critics Association Awards
2 nominations
| Best Hair & Makeup | Eryn Krueger Mekash, Patricia Dehaney and Matthew Mungle | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Glenn Close | Nominee |
Artios Awards
1 nomination
| Feature Big Budget – Drama | Carmen Cuba, Tara Feldstein Bennett, Chase Paris, D. Lynn Meyers and Judith Sunga | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Makeup and Hair | Eryn Krueger Mekash, Patricia Dehaney and Matthew Mungle | Nominee |
Detroit Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Glenn Close | Nominee |
Set Decorators Society of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Achievement in Décor/Design of a Contemporary Feature Film | Merissa Lombardo and Molly Hughes | Nominee |