Netflix Just Released Critically Acclaimed New Drama Disturbing Final Movie Scenes Of 2023

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WARNING: SPOILERS ahead for May December.

Summary
The new Netflix drama May December has a disturbing ending, generating buzz for awards season.
The film explores themes of denial, imitation, shame, and deceit based on a true story.
Natalie Portman’s character Elizabeth crosses the line of immersive acting, blurring the lines between her own life and her character’s.
The new Netflix drama May December had one of the most disturbing endings of any movie in 2023. The critically acclaimed film is already generating buzz for the upcoming awards season and will very likely be a contender in the acting categories at the very least. The Todd Haynes film (Carol, Safe) stars Natalie Portman (Black Swan, Jackie) as fictional method actress Elizabeth Berry who enters the lives of Gracie and Joe, a controversial couple who made international headlines played by Julianne Moore (Still Alice, Boogie Nights) and Charles Melton (Riverdale).

The May December cast also features performances from Cory Michael Smith (Carol, Transatlantic) and Piper Curda (The Flash, I Didn’t Do It) who play two of Gracie’s children from separate marriages. May December features challenging and unsettling themes about denial, imitation, shame, and deceit wrapped around a screenplay by first-time writer Samy Burch. The film is based on the true story of Mary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau, a grade school teacher and a 12-year-old boy who formed an illicit relationship in 1996. The ending of Todd Haynes’ film offers a chilling and perturbing depiction of not only their characters but of Natalie Portman’s Elizabeth as well.

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May December Ending Explained
The multifaceted ending of Todd Haynes’ May December finds Portman’s Elizabeth contemplating the truth of Moore’s controversial Gracie character.

Elizabeth’s “Chemistry” Monologue Makes Her Final May December Scene So Much More Disturbing
While many real-life method actors bring their work home with them, Natalie Portman’s Elizabeth definitely crosses the line on just how immersive and emulating an actor should be while preparing for a role. Elizabeth blatantly tries to copy and paste Gracie’s likeness not only into her performance but also into her being, internalizing and absorbing every detail of his physical appearance, mannerisms, and even psyche. Elizabeth’s method acting brings her to an understanding of the controversial and unstable Gracie until one final curveball in the closing moments of the film undermines that understanding completely.

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Elizabeth is so performative that she appears to be playing a character even in her own life. Earlier in the movie, she went into a long monologue during a high school acting class in which she talked about how the lines of chemistry with another actor can blur when filming sex scenes. Considering she had been trying to take her method acting to the fullest extent by literally becoming Gracie, her insistence on another take in May December’s final scene suggests that she could actually be trying to become attracted to and find “chemistry” with the young actor she’s acting with as part of her “method”.

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May December Is Natalie Portman’s Most Shocking Movie Ending Since Black Swan
Natalie Portman as Elizabeth Berry playing Gracie in May December
Some elements of May December, especially the darkly obsessive tone of Portman’s character, are quite similar to one of her most famous and acclaimed films, Black Swan. As far as movie endings go, May December is right up there with Black Swan in terms of its shock value, as both Elizabeth Berry and Nina Sayers exhaust themselves for their passions and careers only to end up sabotaged by their self-destructive pursuits. The ending of May December lands on a note of lingering anxiety, which is largely what Elizabeth’s presence in the film invokes.

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