Elisabeth Moss Shines As Writer Shirley Jackson In This Smart, Surprising Film

Shirley Jackson (Elisabeth Moss) and her long-term houseguest Rose (Odessa Young) form an unusual bond in Shirley. The film mixes fact and fiction to explore the life of the American writer best known for her short story "The Lottery."

Shirley mixes fact and fiction as it explores the life of the writer best known for the short story “The Lottery.” This unusual film isn’t so much a biopic as it is a biographical-literary fantasia.

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Shirley mixes fact and fiction as it explores the life of the writer best known for the short story “The Lottery.” This unusual film isn’t so much a biopic as it is a biographical-literary fantasia.