Based on a slice of the life of real-world American Oscar-winning (in 1952) actress Gloria Graham (well-played by Annette Bening), the film is set mainly in the early 80s in Liverpool and tracks the last year of Graham’s life as re-establishes a relationship with a much younger English man she had first met when she was a travelling actress years before. This film belongs to Bening, who as (four times divorced) Graham is unapologetic about leading the type of life she desires, regardless of the what her family (ex-husbands, children, etc.) tell her. A superb performance.
