My Salinger Year (2020)

• Year: 2020
• Released: 05 Mar 2021
• Country: Canada, Ireland
• Adwords: 1 win & 3 nominations
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2222052/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/my_salinger_year
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/my-salinger-year
• Available in: 720p, 1080p, 720p
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: R
• Genre: Drama
• Runtime: 101 min
• Writer: Philippe Falardeau, Joanna Smith Rakoff, Catherine Kidd
• Director: Philippe Falardeau
• Cast: Margaret Qualley, Sigourney Weaver, Douglas Booth
• Keywords: based on novel or book, new york city, 1990s, author, roommate,

	6.4/10
	50/100
	71% – Critics
	60% – Audience

My Salinger Year Storyline

Brimming with optimism, the young college student, aspiring writer, and poet, Joanna Smith Rakoff, arrives in mid-90s New York City after landing a temporary job as an assistant at stern Margaret’s prestigious literary agency. Entrusted with the unglamorous task of dealing with fan letters, Joanna is utterly unaware, however, that the agency represents the interests of literary giants, such as Dylan Thomas and F. Scott Fitzgerald, to name a few, and the office’s most prominent client: the notoriously reclusive writer, J.D. Salinger. But, more than anything in the world, bright-eyed Joanna wants to extraordinary. Can she learn a thing or two about life and writing from the famous author of “The Catcher in the Rye”?

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My Salinger Year Movie Reviews

Playful, charming, beautiful, original and witty. Unknown GEM!

BRAVO, what a charming, playful, subtle, witty and original movie this is. A delight to watch!

The story: a young woman leaves everything behind to become a writer in the big city New York. Will she succeed or will she become another failed writer?

The good: this movie is a delight, because of it’s playful, charming, subtle and witty nature. You dont have to be into books at all to love this movie.

What’s most precious for me about this movie is the photography, especially the many GORGEOUS still screen shots of MARGARET QUALLEY. Those eyes of her, those wide open puppy eyes, ooze innocence and emotions so pure and gentle that they are to die for! Never seen this actress before, but I am instantly smitten with her acting performance, so delicate, so true to life, so expressive.

Any bad? This is a slowburning, subtle story, probably best suited for an arthouse movie audience who are into subtle portraits of characters. A feast to watch! Amazing to see it has only gotten 50 reviews, but it must be the corona troubles with distributing movies that this has slipped from the radar, because it is definitely worth watching every single minute. What a gem!

Salinger Wears Prada

It’s 1995. College student Joanna (Margaret Qualley) decides to leave Berkeley, and follow her friend Jenny to New York City to be a writer. She gets a job at a literary agency which represents some big names including the reclusive J. D. Salinger. Her boss Margaret (Sigourney Weaver) is so old school that they don’t even have a computer. Part of her job is to read Salinger’s fan mail and then shred them. She starts dating bellyaching socialist and unpublished author Don.

The story is basically The Devil Wears Prada except in the literary world. It’s a girl in the big city who would like to do something else other than her job. It has a tough female boss. It has a bad boyfriend. It has a nice co-worker. It has learning lessons and realization moments. The comparison does not put this movie in a flattering light. Most of this movie is a step below. Sometimes it’s a small step. Everyone loves Sigourney but she’s no Meryl. Margaret Qualley is pretty good with her big eyes. This is not as fun or comedic. This is still good but not by comparison.

I want to be extraordinary

The film opens up with our main character having a nostalgia trip about writers in NYC. I felt Woody Allen was copied a little too much. However the story really didn’t come around and tie in the beginning as it should.

Joanna (Margaret Qualley ) leaves her boyfriend in California to make her way in NY. She works for Margaret (Sigourney Weaver ) basically as a secretary. The agency handles the account of JD Salinger, Jerry to his friends. Joanna lives with a loser boyfriend and has never read Salinger, but has read most modern authors.

That’s it. There is some drama, some feel good moments, and basically a complete lack of conflict. I liked half the film while the other half but me to sleep.

Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.