A young woman named Savannah Knoop spends six years pretending to be the celebrated author JT LeRoy, the made-up literary persona of her sister-in-law.... (Full plot summary below)
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A young woman named Savannah Knoop spends six years pretending to be the celebrated author JT LeRoy, the made-up literary persona of her sister-in-law.
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| We Live EntertainmentScott MenzelKristen Stewart as JT LeRoy is the very definition of perfect casting. This is a role that Stewart was born to play. |
| Digital JournalSarah Gopaul... ignites this stimulating exploration of identity and what constitutes a real person versus a figment of one's imagination. |
| The Film StageChristopher SchobertJeremiah is bouncy and pleasing, if overfamiliar and never as insightful as one would hope. |
| New York PostSara StewartAt a certain point, the pattern of Knoop’s reticence, then acquiescence to Albert’s masquerade becomes slightly repetitive, but JT LeRoy still gives a compelling inside look at the head-scratching hoax that succeeded, in part, due to musty notions of what a hot shot writer ought to look like. |
| The GuardianCharles BramescoJT LeRoy may have been an elaborate fib, but Kelly finds a genuine pearl of wisdom in the web of deception. |
| indieWireEric KohnWhile Kelly’s faithful dramatization doesn’t offer a lot of fresh insights, and fizzles by the end, it remains an involving snapshot of two women grappling with their private and public personas until they collide. |
| SlashfilmChris EvangelistaThe story of JT LeRoy, the best-selling author who never really existed, gets the standard biopic treatment in Justin Kelly's unfortunately uninspired Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy. |
| The PlaylistJordan RuimyFeeling stilted and steeped in uninspired biopic tropes, Kelly’s film never comes close to an inventiveness worthy of JT’s imaginative, outrageous story. |
| Far Out MagazineMonica ReidThis is a surprisingly insightful, well-handled telling of an incredibly messy, sometimes repulsive, but strangely fascinating bit of popular history. |
| The New York TimesManohla DargisAnchored by its two excellent leads, the movie is sympathetic and, for the most part, unsentimental. |
