J.T. LeRoy (2018)

For six years despite reservations, Kristen Stewart agrees to act as the embodiment of her sister-in-law Laura Dern’s literary persona/avatar. Other than reading the blurb for the film, I was previously ignorant of the actual J.T. LeRoy controversy and the story is interesting enough that I’m curious how a documentary would handle it. The leads are expertly cast as Dern is completely believable as the quirky, pushy, new-agey writer, as is Stewart as the awkward, unsure, gender fluid relative who is pressured into continuing the charade.