Editor’s Note: This review was originally published during the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. Sony Pictures Classics releases “Eleanor the Great” in theaters on Friday, September 26. Eleanor (June Squibb) ...
When Eleanor’s (June Squibb) lifelong best friend and roommate, Bessie (Rita Zohar), dies, Eleanor moves in with her daughter (Jessica Hecht) in Manhattan. At the age of 94, it’s hard to make new ...
The 95-year-old actor has her showiest role yet in a mouthy comedy that's also a sentimental Holocaust weeper. When we first meet Squibb’s Eleanor Morgenstein, who is 94 and still spry, she’s waking ...
The 'Thelma' actress plays an older woman who tells a lie that takes on a life of its own in a film co-starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Erin Kellyman and Jessica Hecht. By Lovia Gyarkye Arts & Culture ...
‘Eleanor the Great’ follows an elderly woman’s misguided attempt to find kinship in the wake of a significant loss. A scene from ‘Eleanor the Great’ courtesy of Mongrel Media A scene from ‘Eleanor the ...
There’s precisely one surprising moment in Scarlett Johansson’s feature directorial debut, “Eleanor the Great,” written by Tory Kamen. It’s the impetus for the entire drama that unfolds in this film, ...
This weekend, moviegoers will get to savor another wonderful performance from a veteran actor who has been enjoying a remarkable “second act”. That curtain rose almost a dozen years ago when director ...
June Squibb stars in Scarlett Johansson’s sometimes moving but often uneven directorial debut. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we ...
Scarlett Johansson capably directs a superb June Squibb in ‘Eleanor the Great,’ but the script makes one major mistake that lets both of them down. Like many actors before her, Scarlett Johansson ...
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