Eleanor the Great
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94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.
94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.
“Eleanor the Great” joins a long list of movies that look like they’ve been made for television, and not the prestige kind. The lighting is flat; the framing is basic; the compositions lack a discernible artistic eye. Still, the inherent beats of a story like this bring a few enjoyable moments, particularly when Eleanor and Nina go shopping or the former provides her counterpart with sage life advice. Squibb is also wonderful here, retooling the saucy humor she displayed in “Nebraska” for a lead role that grants her far more range.
Play trailer 2:34 Poster for Eleanor the Great PG-13 2025 1h 38m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist. Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter.It makes this tonal shift that would be tricky for a veteran filmmaker, and Scarlett Johansson, as great an actress as she is, was not ready for this. Go to Full Review Wendy Ide Observer (UK) Dec 15. “Great” would be overstating it: let’s call it Eleanor the Adequate. The directorial debut from Scarlett Johansson is hamstrung by timidity, lack of vision and a crippling need to be liked.
