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May December

2023 · 117 min

An uncomfortable, absorbing drama that blurs performance and reality, making you squirm with quiet tension and moral unease.

Tagline
Some roles are transformative.
Overview
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.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • obsession
  • guilt
  • morality
  • memory
Places
  • small town
  • home
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror2
Humour4
Realism9
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Todd Haynes
Written by
Samy Burch
Starring
Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore, Charles Melton, Cory Michael Smith, Elizabeth Yu, Gabriel Barbosa, Piper Curda, D.W. Moffett
Music
Marcelo Zarvos
Cinematography
Christopher Blauvelt
Runtime
117 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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