<em>Gloria Bell</em> Draws New Energy From a Stunning Lead Performance
Sebastián Lelio’s update of his 2013 film, <em>Gloria</em>, doesn’t change much from the original, but Julianne Moore’s pitch-perfect work is reason enough to watch.
The heroine of Umberto Tozzi’s song “Gloria” according to the Laura Branigan cover that rocked U.S. charts in 1982, is a woman in search of something that might not exist anymore. “I think you’ve got to slow down / Before you start to blow it / I think you’re headed for a breakdown / So be careful not to show it,” Branigan sings on the upbeat disco track. Her take, the movie had the spirit of Branigan’s version: an alternately melancholic and hopeful look at a 50-something divorced woman’s efforts to reenter the dating scene.
