Warning: This article contains spoilers forMay December.
“You take this big gulp of air in and then, it ends.”
Meanwhile, Joe begins to question his marriage as he prepares to become an empty nester.
Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore in ‘May December’.courtesy netflix
And she sees a reflection of herself in some way that can justify the moral behavior.
Nothing is as it seems inMay December;or maybe everything is exactly as it seems and nothing more.
Identity feels slippery; truth feels slippery."
Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman in ‘May December.'.Everett Collection
“That’s the kind of movie that Todd makes,” she says.
And who is somebody?
You leave with your head spinning."
Julianne Moore and Charles Melton in ‘May December’.Everett Collection
The final scene doesn’t offer any resolution to Joe and Gracie’s story.
Audiences are lead to believe that Elizabeth was preparing for something that could win her an Oscar.
But the truth is something far more icky.
“They’re shooting a tacky scene,” says Portman.
“you might tell that it’s intentionally not the highest quality.
It’s like all of this drama and interfering with someone’s life for this movie?
“What’s more salient to me is to think about what happens to Joe,” she says.
“That’s really the heart of it.
He has to decide what to do with his life after these two women stand off.”
“People really want to know,” she reflects.
“We don’t really give an answer.
That’s the thing about the end of this movie there’s no exhale.
There’s only an inhale.”
May Decemberis streaming now on Netflix.
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