May

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Summary: May be NOT!
Review: This film lacked all of the attributes of a good horror film. When I wasn't laughing at the inane dialogue and story line, I was in constant battle of pushing the off button on the remote.

Yes, I'm sure the sociable May would attract many potential friends. Who wouldn't want to befriend an emaciated frazzle-haired psycho with tics? Exactly......Call me crazy, but if I saw this girl on a bench I would avoid her at all costs.

It also missed its ultimate objective which was to stir empathy for the lonely May. If you want to see a good film that executes this masterly, I recommend "The Talented Mr. Ripley"

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Summary: Good Actors,Good Movie
Review: May is unarguably one of the best films of 2003.It has everything,horror,drama,and some comedy.May stars Angela Bettis
in the title role as a girl whose only friend is a little doll kept in a glass case,who has problems making friends because of her lazy eye and her weirdness.Now in her twenties May has learned to correct her lazy eye with glasses and contacts.But one day while walking she sees Adam(Jeremy Sisto) touching a car and she falls in love for the first time with him and his hands.

Also in her love triangle is her lesbian co-worker played by
Scary Movie's Anna Faris.Now the more May gets to know Adam,the more she loves him and Adam discovers just how weird May really is.Now if someone is looking for a deeply psychological thriller than this movie you will like.However the movie is roughly ninety minutes long.It doesn't get gory until seventy-five minutes into the movie.The movies graphic ending will haunt you for a while making you think oh my god.However the film also has a sweet side making you feel sorry for May throughout the whole movie even when she does stuff that isn't right.The movie also has funny moments in it and is a great movie,i'd recommend it any day and I hope you enjoy it as well.The movie gives awesome performances by Bettis,Sisto,and Faris,and Academy Awards may be ahead in Angela Bettis's future.

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Summary: Wonderfully Weird Cult Classic
Review: Thank God for DVD!
Without which many good little films who never get the chance for a wide theatre distrubution would have had a premature and unfortunate demise.The digital technology and the huge boom in DVD sales pushed the studios to look deep into their treasure vaults and release some unknown gems,and May is such a movie.
Lucky McKee's film is original and weird, (and more often than not, there is a thin line between originality and weirdness that is wonderful to watch)and it has this 70s cult-ish feel to it.May can be thinly labelled as a horror film, but it is more of a psychological study into the mind of a 'social outcast', a lonely soul whose only real friend and confidant in life is a creepy looking doll.
In a way May did remind slightly of George A Romero's Martin, apart from both characters' particular taste for blood, they are eccentric loners who can not communicate properly with the 'normal' world outside the one they have carefully cocooned themselves in, and despite the horrors they inflict on others, the viewer can not but feel total sympathy with them, because deep down they are quite vulnerable, naive and exploited people.
May,over protected as a child by her parents and shunned by other kids because of a lazy eye,for which she had to wear a 'pirate's' patch, grows into a very timid and inexperienced woman with a fascination for certain body parts, the hands of the excellent Six Feet Under's Jeremy Sisto, and the neck of her pet clinic lesbian colleague, the incredibly sexy Anna Faris.But what May really longs for above anything else is the intimacy and closeness with anyone who would accept her (she keeps warning her potential suitors that she is weird)..and because of her lack of experience, her fragile emotional state and her twisted outlook at the world, inbred after years of isolation, she does not take disappointments and rejections too well, with murderous consequences.
Yet the care she displays for the blind children shows another aspect of May's personality, one that is so detached from the beast within her, and it is a confirmation that it is indeed care and love that she craves most, which she tries to give in return to the ones she sees are as vulnerable and in need for affection as herself.
The ending is quite powerful, and attempting to 'construct' the perfect companion from the different parts of the people she liked, only lead to a greater disappointment and pain. Quite sad and at the same time heartfelt message that many people can identify with, no perfect person exists!
Angela Bettis (with films like Girl Interrupted, Bless That Child and Perfume to her name)gives the performance of her career, one that should really be acknowledged by awards! She plays May to perfection, and is responsible for injecting the sympathy that her character deserves.
Anna Faris, as I mentioned is very sexy, and more so since she plays a vampish lesbian, and has a surprisingly erotically charged scene with Bettis.
May is a litle gem of a movie that I strongly advise you to watch, for it will take you back to a time when movies did not need to have dozens of accountants and lawyers and two mega stars that will eat half the budget for it to hit the right spot with the viewers.

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Summary: May
Review: The movie May is about a girl with many mental issues. Her only friend is a doll that her mother gave her when she was little. But her mother would never let her take the doll out of its glass casing.

She makes friends with people and ends up driving them away with her strange behavior. She finally snaps one day after someone says he doesn't want to be her friend.

I didn't like this movie all that much. However, it was one of those movies that just made you want to yell at a character or just laugh at the actions of that character. It had creative murders which is always a good thing with the genre of movies.

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Summary: really good !!!!!!
Review: Okay I rented this movie and Identity and watched both of them back to back May being the last movie...While Identity was good not scary but shocking I found myself liking May better....This movie just left a wierd impression on me...The character May is really bizarre and the movie itself is freaky...dont get me wrong it's not trippy...THe movie is easy to follow ....I recommend this to all serious horror fans I guarantee this movie will grab you and leave you with a funny feeling after the closing credits !!

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Summary: California Grotesque
Review: Watching this gem of a movie I was reminded of the ficiton of Flannery O'Connor. All characters involved are from the beginning marked for a dismal ending. May is an original horror flick with quirky indie sensibilities. It's not a convential genre piece meant to scare you or gross you out, it's meant to immerse you in a psychologically twisted world as we spiral down further and further with the title character. When the blood spills the slow and wonderfully paced build up to it makes it all the more effective. It's funny and disturbing and clever as all hell. The last 30 seconds of the movie made up for one of the best endings I've ever seen. Lucky McKee has made me a believer. American's CAN make horror that pushes the boundaries of the genre.

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Summary: Maybe I¿m missing something, but...
Review: This movie is neither eerie nor scary. In fact, I thought it was pretty damn funny. Angela Bettis plays the part of May so over the top that I have to believe the comedic effect was intentional. Of course, as our heroine "descends into madness", aided by a possessed doll, hilarity ensues. The comic book violence combined with the forays into lesbian sex and a whinny soundtrack, make it hard to watch this flick without laughing out loud. Personally, I put this movie in the same category as Return of the Living Dead (without as great a soundtrack) because even though it's packaged as horror movie, it presents itself so ridiculously that it's hard to take it seriously. And, I think, this is what was intended. Sure the premise is a little tired (the whole possessed doll maid me do it thing), but if you like you're comedy a little off center and need a good laugh, I'd give May a try. One note, this is a good rental. I don't think it will improve with continued viewing.

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Summary: May be the best movie I have seen in a long time!!!
Review: I really enjoyed this movie, and I am glad I watched it. I enjoy most unusal and strange films. These kinds of movies are the kind that keep you intriged and wondering whats gonna happen next. If you only like mainstream movies then maybe this isn't your type of movie. But if you like unusual films give this one a try.

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Summary: Made me vomit
Review: It really did. Here's how it went down.

I watch the movie and i'm touched by the portrayal of the introverted chick, she's fleshed out and completely credible, worthy of empathy. I had no bloody idea what the movie was doing, i was just rooting for the chick, i hope she made good, i knew so many chicks like her.

Then all of a sudden it turns surreal and the part that the actors couldnt salvage comes up. I can picture an alternate universe where this was a quirky little independant movie with a happy ending that made good. Watching this immediately after amelie may induce suicide.

But i digress, on to spoiling the movie. The lovable introverted chick, on the verge of true love and being able to have a happy life, flips out and everything turns awful. I was dismayed to see this, parts hit too close to home and a few suicidal ex-girlfriends. But when she gouged out her eye, i just puked. Really and truly kids.

Now i'm 18m and not at all easily rattled, and i cant remember the time i barfed before that.

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Summary: May be horrible
Review: Horrible, just horrible. I rented this because it was mentioned in the same sentence as "Donnie Darko." What a disappointment. The characters actions/reactions make little sense and the actors obviously have a hard time with the material. May is so over-the-top with her dysfunction that she seems to have all the social skills of a 3-year-old. It made no sense for this fella to even get as far with her as he did.
The nympho/lesbian co-worker provides a semi-humorous thread, but again, it is so over-the-top that it is just campy. I won't "spoil" the ending, but I will just say that it is ludicrous. The problem with over the top, for me, is that it then takes the movie out of the realm of "reality" and thus is not scary or creepy because I am no longer taking it seriously. This movie may have had tongue firmly in cheek, but regardless, just came off as very poorly executed.