Feeling stilted and steeped in uninspired biopic tropes, Kelly’s film never comes close to an inventiveness worthy of JT’s imaginative, outrageous story.
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This review of J.T. LeRoy (2019) was written by Jordan Ruimy and published by The Playlist on 15 Sep 2018.
J.T. LeRoy has generally received mixed reviews.
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