My Salinger Year (2021)

Set in 1995, an aspiring writer and poet (Margaret Qualley) leaves Berkeley in California to move to New York City to become a writer. She obtains a job at a literary agency whose head (Sigourney Weaver) has very strict rules. Their no. 1 client is the reclusive author of CATCHER IN THE RYE,  J.D. Salinger (Tim Post). Based on the memoir by Joanna Rakoff (played by Qualley) and directed by Philippe Falardeau, a French Canadian. I liked it quite a bit even it it's not perfect. The script is intelligent although it threatens to cross over to pretentiousness at any moment. Its sincerity prevents sequences that don't work (like a fantasy sequence with people dancing in the lobby of a luxury hotel) from derailing the movie. As the would-be writer, the appealing Qualley gives of an aura of intellect that makes her believable which makes her choice of a boyfriend (Douglas Booth) perplexing. It takes her way too long to realize he's a total loser! Weaver exudes Manhattan literary aristocrat where lunch at the Algonquin or Waldorf is a regular thing. I wouldn't say seek it out but if it comes your way, by all means, check it out. With Colm Feore and Brian F. O'Byrne.