May Reviews

2003

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May has always been a bit of an outsider--you might consider her a quirky girl. If you passed her on the street, you wouldn't notice that she is any different from scores of other young women trying to make their way in the big city. She lives alone, works as a veterinarian assistant, makes her own clothes, and dreams of .. Read more

Starring	Angela Bettis, James Duval, Jeremy Sisto, Merle Kennedy
Director	Lucky McKee
Genres	Gay/Lesbian, Horror

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  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... read more »
  
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  - Marra
  - Notts
  - 31 Oct 2004 at 22:30
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  waiting and waiting
  
  .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ......... read more »
  
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- - raver-baby
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  - Birmingham
  - 26 Sep 2011 at 13:25
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  Indie film-making at its best
  
  I 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 ... read more »
  
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- - danieljparsons
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  - Ashford
  - 02 Jan 2010 at 16:52
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  blah blah blah
  
  avoid 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 ... read more »
  
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  - Bradford
  - 26 Nov 2007 at 16:52
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  Disturbing
  
  I watched this film only to see how it ended. It was a bit dissappointing as was very disturbing and ended quite abruptly.
  
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  - 24 Oct 2007 at 18:12
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  Woh, This chick rocks!
  
  It 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 ... read more »
  
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- - Richard Wagner
  - London, England
  - 21 Aug 2007 at 21:13
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  Strong Stomach Needed!
  
  Erm ...... all i can say is that nothing shocks me, this disturbed me! Its a modern day frankenstein tale with a sadistic twist! enjoy!
  
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  - uk
  - 12 Jul 2007 at 18:47
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  guff
  
  it's got the potential for a good movie,but theres something that makes this film very poor,i can understan why it went straight to video now,im not goin to... read more »
  
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  - falkirk
  - 21 Mar 2007 at 17:39
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  May
  
  If you can't find a friend, make one. Advice that May's (Bettis) mother gave her as a child and that May has taken to heart, making dolls all her life.<... read more »
  
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- - SAI81
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  - Tonbridge
  - 18 Mar 2007 at 22:51
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  Weird-tastic!!
  
  I love this movie! May is a very, very weird girl who takes her mother's statement of 'If you can't find a friend, make one' a bit too ... read more »
  
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  - Scotland
  - 13 Mar 2007 at 16:34
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  disturbing tale of a disturbed girl
  
  May develops a lazy eye while young and wearing an eyepatch distances her from her school friends which her mother tries to compensate by giving her a doll but ... read more »
  
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  - 23 Jan 2007 at 08:55
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  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... read more »
  
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  - Marra
  - Notts
  - 31 Oct 2004 at 22:30
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  Your going to have to make up your own mind on this one.
  
  This is either an artistic film trying to be a slasher film or a slasher film trying to be an artistic film. I haven't quite made up my mind yet :) The gore... read more »
  
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  - 11 Mar 2004 at 09:45
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  Brilliant mix of horror and drama!
  
  Anyone that thinks good horror movies aren't still being made obviously isn't looking hard enough. Already this decade we've had several lovely ... read more »
  
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- - Nick
  - England
  - 05 Oct 2004 at 19:44
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  Weird...
  
  The first hour or so was mildy enjoyable as it looked like some sort of plot and climax was building. It may be spoiling it to say that this was not the case, ... read more »
  
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- - Ender
  - Wales
  - 20 May 2004 at 20:23
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  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 ... read more »
  
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  - Liverpool
  - 12 Feb 2005 at 22:05
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  Off The Beaten Track....
  
  ....but amazingly wounderful,Angela Bettis is excellent as the woman who likes 'weird' as is Jeremy Sisto as the boyfriend with 'nice hands'.... read more »
  
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  - Birmingham UK
  - 10 Mar 2005 at 14:57
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  Not your average
  
  This is not Frankenstein re-done it is a new idea and well executed. Angela Bettis gives a spine chilling performance as the sociopathic May and although it ... read more »
  
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- - sacha1
  - London
  - 16 May 2005 at 21:27
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  Wild and Weird
  
  There's a thin line between good weird and bad weird and this film constantly walks that line. Bad taste was never so much fun. May is a dysfunctional loner... read more »
  
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- - willandgracefan
  - Lincs
  - 20 Jan 2004 at 12:45
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  guff
  
  it's got the potential for a good movie,but theres something that makes this film very poor,i can understan why it went straight to video now,im not goin to... read more »
  
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- - hambone
  - falkirk
  - 21 Mar 2007 at 17:39
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  Fantastic indie chiller
  
  This is one of the best modern American horror movies of recent years. Drawing as it does from gradual psychological build-up rather than easy shocks this is ... read more »
  
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- - Melon
  - East Sussex
  - 15 May 2005 at 21:16

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