2026 Film Reviews

The Appalachian setting alone had me interested in watching this. Not so much a political origin story, or a rags to riches cliche, JD Vance doesn't seem to pursue any overt political angle with Hillbilly Elegy. Were he not a political figure, it's still an insight into a world worth having.

I enjoyed this, a slice of life portrayal of a logger and trainworker who loses everything, and wonders if he'll ever make sense of it. The contrast between the wilderness and the city at the very end, the reverence for nature and will to learn from it all stood out to me. Recommended.

I'm not usually into any kind of magic realism, the supernatural themes in this work well though. I didn't process the ending immediately, chills as soon as it made sense. Recommended and I plan to rewatch soon.