May December
Movie • 2023 • Drama
ReportThe film begins 20 years after a notorious tabloid romance between Gracie Atherton-Yu and her husband Joe and as their twins are to graduate from high school. When Hollywood actress Elizabeth Berry spends 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. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/natalie-portman-julianne-moore-board-todd-haynes-may-december-1234966874/
This movie contains 32 potentially triggering events.
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Abandonment
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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anagonzalez
a mother divorces her husband and leaves her children to be with someone else, but she still keeps in contact with them
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
31 supporters
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HeatherEhch
No physical abuse shown or implied, but the mother (Gracie) repeatedly weight-shames her daughters and embarrasses them publicly
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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goooses
In fact, he marries her.
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Is there domestic violence?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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This one is iffy, as the previous abuse is denied by the victim. However it’s not 100% clear if she’s lying or not.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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AlleHufflepuff
SPOILERS: A man (who was a minor at their first meeting) was sexually abused by his now wife (who was 36). She tells him that he was the one who seduced her, he tries to assert that he was only 13, but she insists he was in charge the whole time.
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jemappellea66y
Mentions of a child being abused in the past
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Addiction
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HeatherEhch
A father and son smoke weed together, and the father gets fairly intoxicated, but it's a brief segment
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Animal
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Off screen. You find out the food they’re eating was hunted by the lead.
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Are animals abused?
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imthecosmos
No explicit animal abuse, but there is a scene inside a pet shop where you can see all the small cages packed with animals and a lot of discomfort noises from them.
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Are there snakes?
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They’re mentioned a few times, but you don’t see one til the final scene. However you are warned in advance, so you have plenty of time to look away. The snake is on screen the whole final scene til the end of the film.
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Are there bugs?
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A lot of caterpillars and butterflies. One character breeds them to try and save their species.
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Assault
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Is there pedophilia?
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The entire story hinges on a woman who had an affair and got pregnant by a 13 year old boy.
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Is rape mentioned?
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AlleHufflepuff
The film centers around a statutory rape that happened 20 years ago. It is at first presented as consensual, but the film clearly condemns this and the traumatic aftermath is clear in the victim. SPOILERS: the victim later realizes they were unable to consent at the time
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HeatherEhch
Nothing shown onscreen but more than one discussion of it
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Bodily Harm
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Are any hands damaged?
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anagonzalez
no, but we see an x-ray of a hand
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Not as such, but one character has asthma and wheezes a few times. She’s never in danger though.
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Is there a hanging?
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A background conversation mentions it briefly, but it’s in the context of a murder tour.
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Does someone break a bone?
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Not on screen, but you do see an x-ray of a broken arm. The character it happens to isn’t shown at any point, just the x-ray.
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Children
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Is a minor sexualized?
60 supporters
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Entire film is about a woman who had an affair with a 13 year old boy. Also a moment where an actress is looking at the audition tapes of teenage boys who would be featured in a film about the affair, and she asks why they can’t find a “sexy” kid.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
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Does a parent die?
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Brief mention of one character's mother passing away many years ago
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Does someone cheat?
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mimicamila
cheating is a main theme of the film.
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Fear
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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fraisierdesbois
Two of the main characters live close to the beach
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Is there a shower scene?
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anagonzalez
yes, but the character is behind a glass door and we can't see any details
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Are there mannequins?
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idk why people said no. there’s a scene where gracie and her daughter go dress shopping and there are multiple mannequins in that scene.
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Gross
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Does someone vomit?
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trapqueen
there’s some coughing here and there because a main character has asthma but nothing even close to throwing up
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Is there incarceration?
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Bublsort
In flashbacks but some upsetting images of a baby being held in jail
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LGBTQ+
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Loss
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Medical
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Is there a hospital scene?
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One character works in a hospital, but the scene is in a quiet room.
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Mental Health
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
28 supporters
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filmvirgo
not explicitly mentioned, but the film centers around child abuse and its effects on a man's life. spoilers-ish ----- he breaks down crying about the trauma at least twice in the latter half of the film
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Does someone have a mental illness?
13 supporters
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HeatherEhch
It's never established - the main female character seems to be shown as having a personality disorder but it's not really explored
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Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is there misophonia?
26 supporters
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mimicamila
a whole lot of chewing too
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Is there body dysmorphia?
18 supporters
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A woman body-shames her daughter, impacting what she wants to wear to graduation.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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someone says “i’ll jump off the roof” jokingly
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Does someone die by suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Noxious
Are there sudden loud noises?
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filmvirgo
the music is sometimes very loud and can be sudden. but otherwise not.
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Is there screaming?
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HeatherEhch
A child screams very loudly (and shrilly) near the beginning of the movie, at a backyard bbq
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Paranoia
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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HeatherEhch
There's a lengthy monologue by Elizabeth late in the movie where she's reciting a letter staring into the camera/at the audience
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Pregnancy
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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There are photos of the main character pregnant, and one of her holding her newborn.
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
30 supporters
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HeatherEhch
Not jokes, but Grace makes passive aggressive remarks about her daughter's appearance, and she buys her older daughter a scale, saying, "Try living without owning a scale and see how that turns out for you"
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Race
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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23 years. Woman was 36 when she first slept with a 13 year old boy. They’re still together 24 years on.
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Religious
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Sex
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Are there nude scenes?
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HeatherEhch
Very brief glimpse of male full frontal nudity after sex
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Maybe. There’s the implication made that a character was sexually abused by her older brothers, but she denies it.
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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Mulu
Yes, one of the main characters has severe asthma.
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Social
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Bublsort
It's a sad situation but the ending is more thoughtful than sad, in my opinion.
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Vehicular
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Violence
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