TIME reviews MayDecember, Todd Haynes' age-gap drama starring Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore
and the 12-year-old boy, Vili Fualaau, with whom she became involved. Letourneau served time in prison after being convicted as a sex offender, marrying Fualaau upon her release; the marriage lasted 14 years. Butis its own fictitious creation, and it neither defends nor decries Gracie’s actions. Gracie and Joe began their affair after she’d hired him as a part-time helper at the pet store where she worked.
Joe is the pawn caught in the middle. He distracts himself by taking tender care of butterfly chrysalises, which will eventually morph into monarchs. In an obvious metaphorical gesture, he sets one of these newly minted wonders free. Flinging off joyfully into the sky, it’s a fluttery placeholder for the life Joe has missed out on, having become responsible for Gracie’s emotional state—forget, even, the sexual component—at a far-too-young age.isn’t Joe’s story; he’s practically a footnote.
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