Alien at the Movies

My Salinger Year

Set in 1995, Joanna (Margaret Qualley) is an aspiring writer/poet who leaves Berkeley to visit her best friend in New York City. She has a change of plans & Margaret (Sigourney Weaver), the head of a literary agency, hires Joanna as an assistant, whose job description includes responding to fan letters addressed to the notoriously reclusive J.D. Salinger. This is a young woman struggling to find herself & figure out what she wants in life. It’s the kind of film that doesn’t seem to really go anywhere amongst a cast of quirky characters. But if you love New York City & reading books, you may enjoy this film & its references. 

Alien gives it 2½ “emotionally quiet” stars out of 4.