In ‘May December,’ Natalie Portman undergoes an unsettling transformation

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In ‘May December,’ Natalie Portman undergoes an unsettling transformation

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — “You don’t dwell on the past?” The question hangs in the air in a key scene in “May December,” as Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman cut and arrange flowers, sizing each other up. The unnerving, slow-burn Todd Haynes-directed film — hitting Netflix on December 1 after a limited theatrical release — pits the two women against one another in a small coastal town in Georgia that has been racked by scandal. There’s a m…