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Shirley (2020)

  • Rated R
  • 1hr 47m
  • 76

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Josephine Decker

Runtime:

1hr 47m

Synopsis

A young couple moves in with the famed author, Shirley Jackson, and her Bennington College professor husband, Stanley Hyman, in the hope of starting a new life but instead find themselves fodder for a psycho-drama that inspires Shirley's next novel.

Cast

  • Elisabeth Moss
  • Michael Stuhlbarg
  • Odessa Young
  • Logan Lerman
  • Steve Vinovich

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76
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Based on 43 Critics
6.4

USER SCORE (41)

Generally favorable reviews based on 41 Reviews
75
Jun 8, 2020

Decker’s filmmaking is often dreamlike, but her storytelling has a cruel bite of reality to it—just as Jackson’s writing did decades before.

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David Sims
The Atlantic
75
Jun 4, 2020

There are few more daring actors around right now than Moss, and “Shirley” may be her best performance yet. She’s brutally cutting but the pain of every slight ripples across her face.

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Jake Coyle
The Associated Press
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