Movie Review: Friendship, grief and June Squibb in ‘Eleanor the Great’
There is a lovely story of friendship, grief and starting over at the heart of “Eleanor the Great.” The film, directed by Scarlett Johansson in her feature debut, gets tangled in a plot contrivance that is, at best, unnecessary and at worst, loathsome.
Scarlett Johansson steps behind the camera for ‘Eleanor the Great,’ about a spiraling lie
There’s precisely one surprising moment in Scarlett Johansson’s feature directorial debut “Eleanor the Great,” written by Tory Kamen. It’s the impetus for the entire drama that unfolds in this film, and it feels genuinely risky — a taboo that will be hard for this film to resolve. Yet, everything that unfolds around this moment is entirely predictable.
‘Eleanor the Great’ and the Joys (and Perils) of Lying
The director, Scarlett Johansson, and stars, June Squibb and Erin Kellyman, discuss the story of an elderly woman who claims to be a Holocaust survivor.