Hillbilly Elegy feels like a bland feel-good story rather than one part of a longer tragedy with no clear end.
The impudent, unruly streak that so often gives Guillermo del Toro’s films their pulse has been airbrushed away.
Neil Burger’s film transcends the déjà vu of its borrowed trappings but ironically sacrifices all momentum in favor of a long series of physical tests.
Sex may have healing powers, but it’s no panacea.