29 August 2024
May December (2023)
Oscar winners Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore star in May December, which follows married couple Gracie and Joe, whose 23-year age gap sparked a tabloid scandal two decades ago. Their marriage comes under renewed strain when Hollywood actress Elizabeth Berry comes to spend time with the family to better understand Gracie, whom she’s set to play in a film.
Portman, Moore and Riverdale’s Charles Melton were all up for Golden Globes in the lead roles.
Directed by Oscar nominee Todd Haynes (Carol, Far from Heaven), May December won 45 awards, with Samy Burch nominated for an Oscar for the script.
May December holds a 91% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Vanity Fair says it’s, “a wicked, complex delight,” while Vulture hails it as “both humane and scathing … a booby trap of a movie … It makes you feel one thing, and then makes you wonder if you should be feeling something entirely different.”
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