New York magazine's October 2005 issue sent shockwaves through the literary world when it unmasked "it boy" wunderkind JT LeRoy, whose tough prose about his sordid childhood had captivated icons and luminaries internationally. It turned out LeRoy didn't actually exist. He was dreamed up by 40-year-old San Francisco punk rocker and phone sex operator, Laura Albert.
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Author: The JT LeRoy Story was released in 2016 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 89 reviews, giving Author: The JT LeRoy Story (2016) an average rating of 67%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 85%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 75%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Author: The JT LeRoy Story than critics were.
With a score of 67%, Author: The JT LeRoy Story is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2016, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 2016 with similar scores include films like Sing, Midnight Special and A United Kingdom.
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