'May December' is out now

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Natalie Portman
Charles Melton
Julianne Moore

May December, directed by Todd Haynes, is now on Netflix in the US & Canada. pic.twitter.com/uTzpRspXGI
- Netflix (@netflix) December 1, 2023

Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance, a married couple buckle under the pressure when a Hollywood actress meets them to do research for a film about

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[jontargaryen]

I have mixed feelings about this being labelled as a comedy and competing in the comedy/musical category at the Globes.

[2_on]

it is??? i guess that explains why there were some parts that were kind of funny. i thought it was unintentional

[jontargaryen]

Yeah, it's a black comedy, I suppose? I understand the logic of submitting it under comedy, but I don't really agree.

[2_on]

same, it was way more of a drama than a dark comedy

[epicdonald]

Also a random little moment that was absolute genius to me

[Spoiler (click to open)]when their daughter brings us the fact that her mother gave her a scale as a graduation gift, and her mom attempts a couple of rationalizations for it. And then when the conversation has kind of moved on she throws out one last justification for doing it, but at a moment when her daughter couldn't have responded without it becoming an argument and making it awkward for everyone. That was such a spot on manipulative move, my mom does that all the time

[2_on]

there were so many little subtleties that showed gracie's mental state and reasoning for things. like the way she constantly treated joe like her child. i thought the argument they had in the bedroom that night was perfectly written, as he's trying to process and express himself, she tries to manipulate him by saying "you seduced me!" even though he was literally 12.

[epicdonald]

Yesss I saw some comment on reddit complaining about the dramatic zoom in before her line about hot dogs, like "ugh what a stupid line to get all that drama" but for me it worked perfectly. Like she was clearly freaking out over Elizabeth coming to their house but didn't want to show that, and picked some random little detail to pretend THAT'S what she was anxious about. And the dramatic buildup to the line made me audibly chortle.

[theylezharold]

When she says in reslonse to him saying he was only 13, she says "you were in charge! who was the big boss?"

Making him, I assume, at age 13, call himself the big boss and her calling him the boss to give him fake power, makes her have all the power in private now, as she uses that fucked up manipulative non-logic that only works on a child keeps him a child as it really trauma-triggers him and she again has all control over him.

And their neighbors said that when Villi was a grown man in his mid-20's, MKL treated him like a child. He'd have friends over, and he and his lands would be upstairs playing video games and getting high, and she would bring them junk food like a mom to a sleepover with boys.

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[2_on]

i watched it last night and i really enjoyed it! i watched it all the way through in one sitting which is so rare for me these days. it was such an odd film tho, some of the shots and writing. it was lowkey hilarious in a lot of parts. and i have so many questions. did elizabeth sleep with him to get in character for the role? or did she actually like him? what did gracie mean at the end when she said insecure people are so dangerous? elizabeth looked so stunned when she walked away. i was expecting a little more because one of the preview quotes says it flips things on you and takes things in a whole different direction you aren't expecting which didn't exactly happen.

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[2_on]

also why was it set in 2015??

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[alienjive]

It’s a period piece

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[humannatur3]

stop 😭

[fernandocolunga]

Want my Riverdale king to succeed ❤️
Watch cold sprouts have an aneurism over this

[derevko]

I’m so so tired but I’ll probably watch it tonight