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Scarlett Johansson’s ‘Eleanor the Great’ is funny, heartbreaking, and deeply Jewish
Scarlett Johansson has accomplished a lot over the course of her career: She’s acted on screen since she was 9, became a Marvel superhero, earned a Tony Award for her work on Broadway, and is one of the rare talents to receive two Oscar nominations in the same year. Her films have collectively made her the highest-grossing lead actor at the global box office,
Now, the Jewish star has added a new feat to her résumé: director.
Johansson’s directorial debut, “Eleanor the Great” (which opened Sept. 26), is nothing like the glossy, action-packed spectacle you might expect from one of Hollywood’s most bankable stars. Instead, it’s a stripped-down dramedy that is funny, tragic, uncomfortably honest, and unmistakably Jewish. How Jewish? Within the first few minutes, viewers are introduced to a Holocaust survivor and witness a hilariously fraught scene involving a supermarket argument over kosher pickles being off the shelves.
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Eleanor the Great, directed by Scarlett Johansson, is in cinemas now.
Scarlett Johansson makes her directorial debut with this light-hearted take on some of life’s tougher aspects: growing old, loneliness and sharing sad stories of the past.
When her best friend and roommate dies, elderly Eleanor (June Squibb) moves
from Florida to New York, where she was born, to be closer to family. Encouraged to get out and make new friends, she gravitates to the local Jewish community centre. But when Eleanor stumbles into a support group for Holocaust survivors, she gets herself tied up in a tale that takes on a life of its own – and as her story’s momentum grows, so do her troubles.