First off, not everyone knows the true story on which this is based. So right off the bat there were question marks. I watched anyway, waiting for something to happen. More back story, flashbacks, some sign of emotions from any of them (except a daughter who came to visit who showed some anger). Otherwise it played more like a weird dream where the characters in it say little and seem robotic. The acting was fine but I don't get the point of the story except that Grace was fine with her decisions in life and the truly troubled player was Natalie Portman's character who has a bit of an All About Eve going on. In the end without more drama, this story wasn't worth being made into a movie.
Review of May December
