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IMDb rating 6.5
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Critic rating 6.2

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Critic Tomris Laffly
rated 5

...it’s never a complete waste of time to witness a young woman grow into her voice on her own terms, especially when her canvas is this cinematic.

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Critic Roger Moore
rated 8

...this cast and this world make for a grand escape from the mundane necessities of life as we’re immersed in a coming-of-age tale like few others...

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Critic Richard Roeper
rated 8

Sigourney Weaver is a fountain of dry wit...

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Critic Sandie Angulo Chen
rated 6

...[an] entertaining, earnest adaptation of Rakoff's literary memoir.

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Critic Mia Brygger
rated 5

Sjældent har man set storbyen New York portrætteret så indbydende og afslappet.

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Critic Niels Jakob Kyhl Jørgensen
rated 5

Det er en sød coming-of-age-film (...) fuld af weltschmerz og kloge, helende ord.

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Cast & Crew

Sigourney Weaver
As Margaret
Colm Feore
As Daniel
Arthur Holden
As Dean
Ellen David
As Placement Agent
Matt Holland
As Clifford Bradbury

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Joanna, a young aspiring writer, lands a job at a prestigious literary agency in New York City in the late 1990s. She soon discovers that the agency represents none other than the mysterious and reclusive J.D. Salinger. Despite her initial lack of familiarity with his work, Joanna is tasked with responding to the numerous fan letters he receives. As she delves deeper into Salinger's world, she finds herself torn between her admiration for his writing and her desire to forge her own path as a writer.

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