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Name: JT LeRoy
Released: 2019-4-26
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Laura Dern, Kelvin Harrison, Jr., Courtney Love, Jim Sturgess

JT LeRoy

R
1h 49m
2019

55%

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Based on Savannah Knoop's memoir Girl Boy Girl: How I Became JT Leroy, this captivating true story goes beyond the headlines to tell the story of the most compelling literary 'hoax' of recent times. Laura Albert (Laura Dern) writes as her "avatar," a disenfranchised young queer man named JT LeRoy. When her debut novel becomes a best-seller and JT becomes the darling of the literary world, she comes up with a unique solution to preserve her anonymity but give life to her nom-de-plume. Enter her boyfriend's androgynous fun-loving sister Savannah Knoop (Kristen Stewart), who connects with Laura's punk, feminist, outsider universe and agrees to be JT in the public eye. Together, they embark on a wild ride of double lives, infiltrating the Hollywood and literary elite, only to discover who they are while pretending to be someone else.

Director:

Justin Kelly

Producer:

Patrick Walmsley, Julie Yorn, Thor Bradwell, Gary Pearl, Cassian Elwes, Giri Tharan, Dave Hansen

Writer:

Savannah Knoop, Justin Kelly

Cast:

Kristen Stewart, Laura Dern, Kelvin Harrison, Jr., Courtney Love, Jim Sturgess, Diane Kruger

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

55%

Critics Consensus: While it may leave some viewers wishing for a more in-depth exploration of its story and themes, J.T. Leroy offers a diverting dramatization of incredible real-life events.

Reviews

Vague Visages

Sarah Fonseca

JT LeRoy is a movie suiting those who, at minimum, can entertain the idea that we might not get what we desperately want.

Identity is overrated. If Nicolas Bourbaki can do it for math, why can't JT for literature?

It fails to level any criticism toward either guilty party and sits firmly on the fence about whether they did anything wrong, nor does it level any real analysis of how manipulative Albert actually was.

So much pain, hubris, ambition, and damage to draw upon (...) yet we get a breezy, well-lit tale scratching the surface for more surface.

Kristen Stewart is note-perfect as the androgynous, uncomfortable Knoop - alluring in spite of her awkwardness, intelligent and well-spoken when she decides to speak, constantly on the brink of fleeing any room she's in.

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Additional Info

Genre:Drama
Release Date:April 26, 2019
Languages:English
Captions:English, Spanish
Audio Format:
5.1

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