A Yale Law student drawn back to his Appalachian hometown reflects on his family's history and his own future.
"In the film, which is based off of J.D. Vance's bestselling memoir of the same name, Amy Adams plays Bev, a woman struggling to raise her two kids while battling addiction, and Glenn Close plays her mother, Mamaw, who is resilient and whip-smart but who's had a rough life of her own. The past and present are interwoven as J.D. (played by Gabriel Basso as an adult and Owen Asztalos as a child) — now a Yale Law student — returns to his hometown amid a family emergency and must come to terms with his own history, Appalachian values, and the American dream." - EW
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