The Debut (TIFF) Review: Julianne Moore Gives a Showstopping Performance in Jesse Eisenberg’s Delightful Comedy

PLOT: A bored housewife (Julianne Moore), who is ignored by her husband and grown children, auditions for a community theater production under an intense director (Paul Giamatti). REVIEW: Jesse Eisenberg’s A Real Pain proved to be a major breakout for him as a director, but his follow-up, The Debut, is—if anything—even more ambitious. Judging from