May December

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May December

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1h 53m,

Drama/

Romance

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Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, Gracie Atherton-Yu and her husband Joe (twenty-three years her junior) brace themselves for their twins to graduate from high school. When Hollywood actress Elizabeth Berry comes to spend time with the family to better understand Gracie, who she will be playing in a film, family dynamics unravel under the pressure of the outside gaze. Joe, never having processed what happened in his youth, starts to confront the reality of life as an empty-nester at thirty-six. And as Elizabeth and Gracie study each other, the similarities and differences between the two women begin to ebb and flow. Set in picturesque and comfortable Savannah, Georgia, May December is an exploration of truth, storytelling, and the difficulties (or impossibility) of fully understanding another person.

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Critics Consensus

Swaddling its difficult fact-based story in a blanket of campy humor, May December is a seductively discomfiting watch.

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Audience Says

May December benefits from a really talented cast, although its unorthodox approach to a reality-inspired story may frustrate some viewers.

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Christina Newland

iNews.co.uk

Sep 18, 2024

5/5

A combination of rollicking, darkly delicious entertainment and brilliantly rendered character study, this has the making of a modern classic.

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Steph Green

Empire Magazine

Mar 18, 2024

4/5

May December is not just a skilful satire of suburban propriety; it’s a unique and uncanny affair about the nature of performance itself.

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Stephen Romei

The Australian

Feb 3, 2024

4/5

Complex, intelligent, thought-provoking filmmakers are back in fashion.

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Stephanie Monohan

Screen Slate

Aug 13, 2026

Todd Haynes is a master of tone. May December is at once emotionally penetrating and cerebral, tragic and savagely funny.

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Cate Young

Thirty, Flirty + Film

Nov 5, 2025

May December is a not-so-subtle pirouette in triplicate. The three leads circle each other like wolves in the night, their emotional triptych fighting for dominance as psychological truths are discovered.

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Jericho Tadeo

The Asian Cut

Aug 2, 2025

It’s Charles Melton’s breakthrough performance that will be talked about for years to come.

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Synopsis

Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, Gracie Atherton-Yu and her husband Joe (twenty-three years her junior) brace themselves for their twins to graduate from high school. When Hollywood actress Elizabeth Berry comes to spend time with the family to better understand Gracie, who she will be playing in a film, family dynamics unravel under the pressure of the outside gaze. Joe, never having processed what happened in his youth, starts to confront the reality of life as an empty-nester at thirty-six. And as Elizabeth and Gracie study each other, the similarities and differences between the two women begin to ebb and flow. Set in picturesque and comfortable Savannah, Georgia, May December is an exploration of truth, storytelling, and the difficulties (or impossibility) of fully understanding another person.

Director: Todd Haynes
Producer: Jessica Elbaum, Will Ferrell, Grant S. Johnson, Pamela Koffler, Tyler W. Konney, Sophie Mas, Natalie Portman, Christine Vachon
Screenwriter: Samy Burch
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: Project Infinity, Killer Films, Taylor & Dodge, Gloria Sanchez Productions, MountainA
Rating: R (Graphic Nudity|Drug Use|Language|Some Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 17, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 1, 2023
Runtime: 1h 53m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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