May details
| Format: | 18 DVD |
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| Starring: | James Duval, Merle Kennedy, Angela Bettis, Jeremy Sisto |
| Director: | Lucky McKee |
| Genres: | Gay/Lesbian - General, Horror - General |
| Name | Discs | |
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May |
18 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 29 minutes |
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| Rental release: | Not currently released |
| Main languages: | English |
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Misfit Power!
By Marra from Notts , 31 Oct 2004[Highly rated reviewer]
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.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(37)waiting and waiting
By raver-baby (14 reviews) from Birmingham , 26 Sep 2011.................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ......been waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting........................................... .............................................had this to rent for ages but yet im still waiting better off just buying it i think as doesnt look like im going to get to watch it !!!!- Was this review helpful to you?
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Indie film-making at its best
By danieljparsons (118 reviews) from Ashford , 02 Jan 2010I had been itching to see this film practically since I first found out about it - on this very website as it happens. I sometimes don't know how I managed to keep sane as there was always a voice in my head saying 'er yeah, so when you going to get round to watching 'May' then?'. I had high expectations - they were met, they were exceeded.
This film works so well: it is in and of itself, near impossible to classify (not that I would want to label it anyway). It's a stunning work and by the time the ending rolls around - which is beautifully, heartbreakingly poignant - May becomes a defining film, by which I mean it becomes something iconic, so good that by proxy other films look less successful.
It's impossible to imagine anyone other than Angela Bettis in the lead role - she plays it exactly right - even amidst the bloodshed it is always clear where sympathy should lie. Jeremy Sisto is equally excellent - smouldering, charismatic - possibly his best performance to date. I've watched Lucky McKee's Masters of Horror instalment as well as his feature The Woods prior to watching this, and although they could all arguably be considered as horror they are all completely different from one another, save for their originality of vision and inventiveness. I am now very much anticipating Roman.- Was this review helpful to you?
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blah blah blah
By a customer from Bradford , 26 Nov 2007avoid this film at all costs! boring, tedious, rip-off! this film tries to be some kind of arty farty horror film but stumbles all the way home with very very bad acting, an abysmal story and a reliance on some very bad special effects and flashing of female flesh at every available opportunity (although not in a good way if you're thinking it might be a bit kind of 'hostel' style nudity)
Normally i give all horror films an equal chance but this one is absolute garbage, stick to the hostel films if you just want to see gore, or any other classic horror film if you want screams and shocks, but dont bother with this.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Disturbing
By a customer from UK , 24 Oct 2007I watched this film only to see how it ended. It was a bit dissappointing as was very disturbing and ended quite abruptly.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Woh, This chick rocks!
By Richard Wagner from London, England , 21 Aug 2007It is so true. People can seem great at first, but if you're an odd, eccentric kind of person, it's like, once you scratch beneath the surface, you find people are shallow and judgemental. They might have 'parts' of them that are good, 'but no perfect wholes'. OK, I'm not recommending May's solution mind you, but up until that part, I totally felt for her. It's ashame she couldn't find someone who could truly appreciate the kind of fascinating person that she was, and overlook her social ineptitudes. Excellent Indie horror, 4 of 5 stars!- Was this review helpful to you?
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