Penetrating and involving May-December love story chronicles the relationship of an aging college professor and celebrated womanizer (Ben Kingsley) who enters into a serious relationship with an attractive student (Penélope Cruz ) who is half his age. Kingsley and Cruz's chemistry is wonderfully affecting in this adaptation of Philip Roth's novella "The Dying Animal." Patricia Clarkson, Dennis Hopper. Rocker Deborah Harry costars as Amy. Directed by Isabel Coixet. Screenplay by Nicholas Meyer.