Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy

JT LeRoy (2018)
Runtime:108 minutes
Director:Justin Kelly
Genres:Biography, Drama
Writers:
(memoir "Girl Boy Girl: How I Became JT LeRoy")
(writer) &
(writer)
Plots:
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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The true story of cult literary icon J.T. LeRoy is told in  Albert () is a musician and writer, who wrote the autobiographical novel “Sarah,” under the pseudonym of a 19 year old boy named Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy. While Laura frequently does phone interviews as J.T., the constant request for pubic appearances results in Laura asking her sister-in-law Savannah Knoop () to become the public face of J.T. LeRoy. However, the line between fiction and reality seriously begins to blur when J.T.’s book is optioned as a film and Savannah begins to fall for the lead actress Eva ().

A stranger-than-fiction true story becomes just fiction in this biopic about J.T. LeRoy, based upon the memoir by Savannah Knoop. This story has been previously told in at least two documentaries, with me having previously seen The Cult of J.T. LeRoy back in 2015. However, probably the big differential between Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy and the previous documentaries is how this film primarily focuses on Savannah Knoop’s side of the story and how she came to be recruited by Laura Albert to don a blonde wig and become J.T. LeRoy.

Whenever a film is made based on true events, the question has to be asked whether it is better to just watch a documentary? In the case of Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy, I would say that the answer is yes. That said, I do have to say that Kristen Stewart does give a decent lead performance as Savannah Knoop and how having to portray J.T. LeRoy caused strain on her personal life. On the flipside, Laura Dern is perhaps a bit too obnoxious as Laura Albert and it’s hard to really root for her. Overall, Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy is ultimately a biopic that is just fine.

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