May December (2023)

United States of America

Drama, Comedy

Gloria Sanchez Productions, Killer Films, MountainA

Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore, Charles Melton, Cory Michael Smith, Elizabeth Yu, Gabriel Chung

Todd Haynes

Alex Mechanik, Samy Burch, Samy Burch

Taglines: Some roles are transformative.

infidelity, sexual abuse, dark comedy, based on true story, statutory rape, pedophile, boundary violations, older woman younger man relationship, existentialism, dramedy, baker, method acting, savannah georgia, father son relationship, melodrama, actress

Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, a married couple buckles under the pressure when an actress arrives to do research for a film about their past.

Reviews:

Author: r96sk
Bit of a odd one. It gradually lost my attention a little the longer it went on, though overall it's a film I'd consider as interesting. I know of the real life story that 'May December' is "loosely" based upon, so it was intriguing early on to see how the film was going to tackle it. I think they did a good enough job with it all, the actress meeting the subject element makes the film more watchable than it otherwise would have been. Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore and Charles Melton are a great trio onscreen, each giving a noteworthy performance. Portman impressed me most, though Melton really does come strong across the second part of the movie. The rest of the cast do well, particularly solid casting of the main two characters' children. A very well made production, just one that did lose me slightly as it headed through its near 2hr run time - could've been shorter, imo. The main piano score, although excellent in itself, gets minorly annoyingly overused too. No hate though, I still enjoyed it and would recommend it.