Hillbilly Elegy
2020 · 1h 57m · Drama · United States of America · Rated R (US)
Inspired by a true story three generations in the making.
An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.
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Ron HowardWritten by
Vanessa Taylor6.7Smart score
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1990samerican dreamappalachianappalachian mountainsbased on memoir or autobiographybased on novel or bookbased on true storychild abusechildhood memorydrug addictiondrug rehabilitationgrandmotherheroinhillbillykentuckylaw studentmother son estrangementmother son relationshipohiooverdosesingle mothersmall town lifeteenage boytraditional familyyale university
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