Chelsea Peck

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Movies rarely do memoirs like this justice. Unless it’s made into a TV series it’s difficult to get in half the detailed information so I’m not going to judge the movie based on the book. That’s just not reasonable. The film was phenomenal in how realistic the characters played their roles. The scenes were chaotic like his childhood. The tension, and lack of stability was well illustrated. You have to realize that the reason people believe in the ‘bootstrap theory’ isn’t because they are not understanding of what people go through, it’s because they have lived it themselves. People are mad that this movie didn’t do the people of Appalachia justice but this was about a dysfunctional family first and foremost and you can’t tell a person that their childhood and experiences weren’t real. People think it’s conservative propaganda but the majority of high budget movies include liberal ideologies. Today’s main stream culture and coastal celebrity elites support your beliefs so you will be just fine. I have read more than one negative review saying that it’s unbelievable that someone who went to Yale for three years has no experience with food etiquette. Maybe you are used to seeing trust fund kids in Ivy League schools but he got there by his own merit without all the money in the world to eat at these kind of restaurants on his time. It showed that J.D had a credit card decline when he was getting fuel for his car so he obviously hadn’t been living the high life that you think he should be. The movie resonates with me because I could reflect on my own childhood with the generational emotional and physical abuse, and not having financial or emotional stability. My mom became pregnant in high school and had 6 kids by the time she was 27. My father walked out when my mom was pregnant with me. My mom was explosive growing up, and my brother had anger issues and used me as his punching bag. During J.D’s teenage years I could relate to his anger and bitterness. As an adult I could relate to learning how to forgive the people who have hurt me the most. I didn’t have an allowance growing up. I had real jobs doing manual labor for farmers working long hours in horrible weather conditions. I took other jobs as well because we had an unspoken rule to never ask our mom for money. My grandma was the person who raised me in my early years while my mom worked and went to school. She died this year and I’m grieving her loss because she was the mom that my mom couldn’t be. People shouldn’t be concerned about the fact that these people were white and not privileged. The issues with opioid abuse, fatherless homes, lack of stability, learning to forgive, and become responsible for yourself and others are all challenges that transcends race. This was be far the best movie I have seen in a long time. We need more movies like this. It was gut wrenching and captivating.