Rebel in the Rye

New York of the 20th century. Young Jerome Salinger tries to find himself in this huge and beautiful city. He falls in love with the charming socialite Oona O'Neill. Both of them were destined to become world famous. Later, Jerome gets to the front of the Second World War, where he gets a lot of life experience. And later he embodies it in his greatest creation - the book "Over the Chasm in Rye". It was the creation of the character of Holden Caulfield, which will become iconic for many future generations, that brought Salinger worldwide popularity and fame. And he will need to hide from the public eye for the rest of his life. Read more The film was directed by the famous actor Danny Strong. For him, this project became the second opportunity to work in the director's chair after 3 episodes of the series "Empire". Nicholas Hoult played the main role of Jerome Salinger himself. He previously participated in the films "A Single Man" (2009), "Mad Max: Fury Road" (2015), in the franchise "X-Men" and in the series "The Milkmaids". The film also starred: Kevin Spacey ("Seven" (1995), "Pay Another" (2000), the TV series "House of Cards", and also has 2 "Oscars"), Zoë Deutch ("Vampire Academy" (2014), "Grandpa of Easy Behavior", "Why Him?" (both 2016)), Victor Garber ("When the Shots Stopped" (2002), "Harvey Milk" (2008), "Operation Argo" (2012)), Sarah Paulson ("Griffin and Phoenix: On the Edge of Happiness" (2006), "12 Years a Slave" (2013), the series "American Horror Story")). The premiere of the film took place on January 24, 2017 at the Sundance Film Festival, USA. Film critics of the website https://www.rottentomatoes.com gave the film 25% positive reviews (2 out of 8).