Rate it: May December (2023)

6.5.

8.5.

8. Industry won't nominate it for any awards because it hits a little too close to home.

6. Really shouldn't have watched it right after Dark Waters.

Se7en

9

There are still some films I need to see (chiefly All of Us Strangers, The Taste of Things, and The Zone of Interest), but this is currently very firmly my favorite of 2023. Haynes' direction casts a hypnotic spell, the screenplay is darkly hilarious, and the three leads could not be better. 

8/10

A lot of things that didn't quite land here, both Moore and Melton and the script could be a little aimless at times. But Portman is so damn good it doesn't really matter. Definitely my actress win for the year.

I give it a 7. Not everything worked for me.

I do want to add that the more I think about Natalie Portman's performance, the more I like it. She was perfect in and for that part.

TylerDeneuve

La Piscine!!

7.5 / 10

9/10