May December (2023)
Director:
Todd Haynes
Tagline:
« Some roles are transformative. »
Actors:
Elizabeth
Aaron
Joe Yoo
Gracie
Rhonda
Rating:
(73’543 votes)
(73’543 votes)
Quotes:
« Gracie: Insecure people are very dangerous, aren't they? I'm secure. Make sure you put that in there.
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« Joe Yoo: [to his son] God, I can't tell if we're connecting, or if I'm creating a bad memory for you in real time, but I can't help it.
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« Elizabeth: [reading Gracie's letter for Joe] My love… after you left tonight, I thought about the kind of life we could have if things were different. If I had been born later, or you long ago. But who knows what we would have been like then. Or where. What tragedies we'd have to face along the way. What bad luck. This is not what I ever would have wanted. But I'm so… grateful that our paths led us to this road, no matter what the cost. I think about you all the time and the feeling I get when we look each other in the eyes. Do you feel that too? I know you don't have much to compare it to, but… let me assure you. It is rare. I've gone my whole life without it. And now that I've found it, I can't imagine going back and pretending. Sometimes I wish we'd never met, or that you didn't get the job in the pet shop at least, because I know that our lives will be forever changed because of this no matter how it all turns out. I know that my husband and my children… I… I know that this will affect them too. My hope is that we can keep our secrets long enough until at least we're in no danger from the law. Maybe by then I'll have enough time to end things cleanly, and to make sure that the children know that I love them. And maybe by then we'll have figured out what to say. When this first started, I didn't know what to think. I knew that we'd crossed a line, and I felt in my heart that we would cross it again. But now I think… I've lost track of where the line is. Who even draws these lines? All I know is that I love you and you love me. And you gave me so much pleasure tonight. I hope I did the same for you. I'll see you Saturday. Please burn this. you know what could happen to me if anyone ever found it. Your Gracie.
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Trailer:
Official Trailer
Runtime:117 minutes
Plots:
Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, a married couple buckles under pressure when an actress arrives to do research for a film about their past.
Middle aged Gracie lives a happy, well settled life with her husband. Some years ago she was involved in an unsavory scandal but for her it is all in the past. Movie actress Elizabeth is on a visit to this home and she is on a mission. This visit is a part of her preparation to play the role of Gracie in a movie being made. As she goes about talking to the family members Gracie wonders whether Elizabeth will uncover some secrets from her past and will some skeletons be revealed.
Savannah, Georgia. Hopeful about gathering enough material for her upcoming film, famous Hollywood actress Elizabeth Berry visits Gracie and Joe Yoo, a happily married couple whose controversial relationship grabbed the headlines over two decades ago. But nothing lasts forever. Suddenly, repressed memories resurface just when life seemed calm. Now, the weight of regret becomes too much to bear, threatening their marriage to falter under pressure. And as the ignoble past’s painful mistakes shuffle the cards, a question arises. Can Joe and Gracie survive scrutiny?

