May December (2023) is a Netflix film about an actress who visits a woman she's about to play in a movie. The woman is infamous for serving a 5-year jail term for molesting a 13-year-old boy when she was 36. When she gets out of jail, she marries the kid. 20 years later, they are still married and about to celebrate the high school graduations of their twins (they have another kid a year older). But something is roiling beneath the seemingly placid waters.
Natalie Portman plays the actress who gets a little too involved in her study of the woman and family. Julianne Moore plays the woman approaching 60 whose OTHER family still lives nearby and her kids from THAT marriage were classmates of her current husband. Quite the mess.
While neither Portman nor Moore are favorites of mine, they both turn in good performances and play complex characters. The child groom is played by Charles Melton. Maybe an awards contender in the upcoming season, Melton's performance is wildly overrated.
Natalie Portman plays the actress who gets a little too involved in her study of the woman and family. Julianne Moore plays the woman approaching 60 whose OTHER family still lives nearby and her kids from THAT marriage were classmates of her current husband. Quite the mess.
While neither Portman nor Moore are favorites of mine, they both turn in good performances and play complex characters. The child groom is played by Charles Melton. Maybe an awards contender in the upcoming season, Melton's performance is wildly overrated.