May December (2023)

Directed by

Todd Haynes

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 53m

Rated

R

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 1,044 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An actress travels to meet a woman she will play in a movie. That woman was convicted of a sexual crime involving a 13 year old boy, who she later married and has been with for over two decades.

uncomfortabletensedarkly comicslow-burncerebralpsychologically complexmelancholiccharacter-driven

What happens

May December is a 2023 American psychological black comedy drama film directed by Todd Haynes from a screenplay by Samy Burch, based on a story by Burch and Alex Mechanik. It stars Natalie Portman as an actress who travels to meet and study the life of Gracie (Julianne Moore), a sex offender she is set to play in a film. Gracie has been in a 24-year relationship with her husband Joe (Charles Melton), which began when he was 13 years old and she was 36. While not a direct adaptation, the film mirrors the Mary Kay Letourneau scandal. The film was announced in June 2021, with Portman and Moore joining the cast. Filmed in 23 days in mid-2022 in Savannah, Georgia, it premiered at the 76th Cannes Film Festival on May 20, 2023, where Netflix acquired the North American distribution rights. May December had a limited theatrical release in the United States on November 17, 2023, before streaming on Netflix on December 1, 2023. It received critical acclaim and accolades, including four nominations at the 81st Golden Globe Awards and a Best Original Screenplay nomination at the 96th Academy Awards, and was chosen by the American Film Institute as one of the top ten films of 2023. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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