To know Eleanor Morgenstein is to love her—apparently. As played by June Squibb, the title character of Scarlett Johansson’s feature directorial debut is a bitingly sarcastic, tell-it-like-it-is nonagenarian who, in the midst of profound grief, makes an unconscionable decision. Much of Eleanor The Great chronicles the aftermath of that decision, watching as a lie she tells snowballs out of control. …
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