2020 · drama · coming-of-age
My Salinger Year
Directed by Philippe Falardeau1h 41m2020
A college grad takes a clerical job working for the literary agent of the renowned, reclusive writer J.D. Salinger.
Our read: My Salinger Year (2020) reads as a warm, steady, grounded drama · coming-of-age entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, steady, gentle drama / coming-of-age, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.
- warm
- gentle
- intimate
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