Scarlett Johansson's treacly debut | NYGazet

June Squibb plays a woman who lies about surviving the Holocaust in Eleanor The Great, an incurious and syrupy dramedy.

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... [2067 chars]