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May
2003
As a child, May (Angela Bettis) had a lazy eye and had to wear a patch, which kept other children from befriending her. Her mother gave her a handmade doll, which became her only companion. Now, as a young adult, the doll is still May's only friend. But when she meets Adam (Jeremy Sisto) at a coffee shop and feels a strong .. Read more
| Starring | Angela Bettis, James Duval, Jeremy Sisto, Merle Kennedy |
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| Director | Lucky McKee |
| Genres | Horror |
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May
As a child, May (Angela Bettis) had a lazy eye and had to wear a patch, which kept other children from befriending her. Her mother gave her a handmade doll, which became her only companion. Now, as a young adult, the doll is still May's only friend. But when she meets Adam (Jeremy Sisto) at a coffee shop and feels a strong attraction toward him, she tries to overcome her shyness and pursue him. When he ends their very brief relationship, however, it cements May's belief that no person is entirely good--only PARTS of them are good--and she decides to put that concept into frightening practice. A bizarre, darkly comic, and bloody horror treat, MAY is a strikingly original directorial debut from Lucky McKee.
| Starring | Angela Bettis, James Duval, Jeremy Sisto, Merle Kennedy |
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| Director | Lucky McKee |
| Studio | MOSAIC MOVIES |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 29 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Horror |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: not available Production year: 2003 |
| Format | DVD |
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13 out of 13 people found this review helpful
Misfit Power!
May Canady was born with a lazy eye, forced by her mother to wear a 'pirate' eye patch to cover up the disfigurement. Unpopular with other children, she is given a 'friend' for her birthday - a doll in a glass case called Soozy.
Some years later, the 20-something May is still relying on the doll for friendship, until she decided to find a 'real' friend. She spies Adam - an auto mechanic - liking his hands in particular. This proves to be a failing with May, as she cannot seem to find a whole person she likes, only parts thereof. And, she's a pretty nifty seamstress.....
Her freaky behaviour eventually scares Adam away and she becomes involved with Polly - a lesbian secretary from the local animal hospital where May works as a veterinary assistant.. Suffice to say, this goes sour as well. And all the time May is slowly unravelling mentally. The final straw comes as she causes an unfortunate accident with some local blind kids. So now the only way May is to get her valued friend is to make it herself.
This delightful low-budget film is not really a horror movie at all, although it does get rather horrific towards the end. It's more to do with the study of a lonely woman, one of those people who just sort of falls through the cracks and gets ignored by society. Driven by a wonderful performance by Angela Bettis (Bless The Child, Girl Interrupted), this film comes highly recommended. -
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
May.... be not.
The synopsis said 'A modern adaptation of Frankenstein.'. I think they might have meant 'A Frankenstein of a movie.'. To try to gain kudos by association with the Frankenstein story is going heavy on the hype-sauce. Apart from the girl-on-girl action, the story was high on predictibility and low on dramatic tension. The ending more Horrible than Horror.
Good acting from 'handsome hands' man says my wife. Maybe she just meant his hands though. The anti-heroine was a bit over the top with her demure shyness too. More likely to have got a referral to medical care than a date.
It was more black comedy than horror - or would have been if there had been a few more laughs in it. Maybe this just wasn't my kind of film. -
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May
As a child, May (Angela Bettis) had a lazy eye and had to wear a patch, which kept other children from befriending her. Her mother gave her a handmade doll, which became her only companion. Now, as a young adult, the doll is still May's only friend. But when she meets Adam (Jeremy Sisto) at a ...
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