Film Review – Salinger

The mystery of J.D. Salinger is mighty because the author refused to
provide the world with the details of his private life. Labeled a
recluse to ease understanding of his disinterest in fame, Salinger
positioned himself as the ultimate buried treasure for literary
fanatics, leaving few particulars about his upbringing and daily
business behind, thus creating rabid interest in anything connected to
the writer. Joining the quivering pile of admirers is screenwriter Shane
Salerno (“Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem,” “Armageddon”), who embarks on
an impossible storytelling task, striving to paint a portrait of an icon
who’s hidden all the color. Fascinating in spurts, maddeningly
melodramatic, and bizarrely unfulfilling despite a two-hour run time,
“Salinger” delivers a few facts worth further inspection, but the rest
has the tone of a circus sideshow, concentrating almost entirely on
Salinger’s oddity.
Read the rest at Blu-ray.com