Nicholas Hoult (About A Boy, Mad Max: Fury Road) plays the reclusive author J.D. Salinger who penned one of the most controversial books of the 20th Century: The Catcher In the Rye. The movie audience got a glimpse of the time of his life before he wrote the iconic novel.
From a young man living an affluent lifestyle in New York City until after World War II, the film relied on tidbits that can easily be found on the internet. Fortunately, director and writer Danny Strong, elevated Rebel in the Rye with an excellent cast that also featured two time Oscar winner Kevin Spacey as Salinger's professor and mentor Whit Burnett and Emmy winner Sarah Paulson as Salinger's loyal literary agent Dorothy Olding.
Rebel in the Rye gave us an entertaining glimpse on a forgotten era wherein only a few privileged people were given a chance to write a book due primarily to ones talent.
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