Gloria Bell

Julianne Moore, John Turturro

"Dance to Your own Tune"

NETFLIX

Julianne Moore stars as Gloria, a 50 something divorced mother of two grown children. She likes going to nightclubs/bars to dance the night away. Meets men for one night stands and goes on with her lonely, yet satisfied life. One night, she meets Arnold (John Turturro) at the bar and they start dating. But something is not right with Arnold. Well, not physically but it seems he cannot say no to his ex-wife and his two grown daughters when they summon him. And boy, they do 'need' him a lot, constantly calling him up wherever he goes. 

At first, Gloria didn't mind but as the neediness grew to an irritation. She had enough.  In Las Vegas, during an intimate dinner, his family calls and just like that he left poor Gloria all alone on what was supposed to be a romantic getaway.

Yet the thing with guys like Arnold is that they have no clue about how horrible they are as a human being. Totally oblivious to how despicable they are. So sure enough, he kept calling Gloria like he did nothing wrong. But Gloria is tough and she has moved on with her life, right after she had her 'revenge' over Arnold for treating her so badly.

The film ends with Laura Branigan's song "Gloria" at full blast and Gloria dancing away during the wedding of her friend's daughter. Julianne Moore has starred in many movies and she always make her characters multi-dimensional. But her great talent couldn't salvage the average plot but she did a good job of personifying Gloria.