The defence The Prestige Tourist
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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My Salinger Year
Drama · 2020
A college grad takes a clerical job working for the literary agent of the renowned, reclusive writer J.D. Salinger.
Movie details
My Salinger Year
“The true story of a literary education.”
2020 Drama 1h 41m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
6.5 / 10
8K votes
Rotten Tomatoes
71 %
Tomatometer
Metacritic
50 / 100
Metascore
TMDB
6.3 / 10
Community rating
External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.
A college grad takes a clerical job working for the literary agent of the renowned, reclusive writer J.D. Salinger.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over My Salinger Year?
For the defence
The Prestige Tourist
“You like your greatness pre-approved.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Adrenaline Seeker
“If it slows down, you check your phone.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Philippe Falardeau
Written by
Philippe Falardeau
Margaret Qualley
Joanna
Sigourney Weaver
Margaret
Douglas Booth
Don
Seána Kerslake
Jenny
Brían F. O'Byrne
Hugh
Colm Feore
Daniel
Théodore Pellerin
Boy From Winston-Salem
Court is in session
Put My Salinger Year on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Adrenaline Seeker
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.