Two-time Oscar nominee Scarlett Johansson has already had an impressive career, starring in films including Marriage Story, Jojo Rabbit and Lost in Translation, and now she’s taking her talents behind the camera. Johansson’s directorial debut Eleanor the Great hits the 2025 movie calendar on September 26, and critics are weighing in on the drama.
Eleanor the Great stars June Squibb — who opened up about what it’s like to be directed by Scarlett Johansson — as the titular Eleanor, a 94-year-old woman who strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young journalism student (Erin Kellyman) at a Holocaust survivors group. Kristy Puchko of Mashable says Squibb carries the movie with a side-splittingly funny and tear-jerkingly poignant performance. The critic also praises the director’s (slightly bumpy) exploration of grief, writing:
