Todd Haynes' latest film, May December, places longtime collaborator Julianne Moore in the hot seat as Gracie Atherton-Yoo, the fastidious, domineering matriarch of a family founded upon an act of sexual predation. Her husband, Joe (Charles Melton), was 14 when a then 36-year-old Gracie seduced him. With a pulled-from-the-headlines story -- a thinly veiled reframing of the Mary Kay Letourneau case that titillated a nation for a brief time in the 90s -- May December is a profoundly moving viewing experience.
REVIEW: May December Reunites Todd Haynes with Julianne Moore for a Complex Character Study
Todd Haynes' latest film, May December, puts Julianne Moore in the hot seat as an actress threatens her way of life. Here's CBR's review.
