‘Ella McCay’ Review: James L. Brooks’ Latest Misfire Is Too Enamored With Its Characters to Recognize Their Flaws
Variety | 11.12.2025 04:00
Bill Clinton was elected governor at an impressively young 31. Sarah Huckabee Sanders achieved the same feat when she was 40. In “Ella McCay,” the title character ascends to her state’s highest seat at the tender age of 34. “Tender” is the operative word, as writer-director James L. Brooks is too charitable a storyteller to give Ella (Emma Mackey) fangs or the preternaturally thick skin anyone entering politics in the real world needs to survive in that sphere.
