A horror film and something more and deeper, something disturbing and oddly moving.
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06/06/03
May (2003)
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Reviews Counted:63
Fresh:43
Rotten:20
Average Rating:6.1/10
Consensus: Above average slasher flick.
Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: 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... [More]
Starring: Angela Bettis, Jeremy Sisto, Anna Faris, James Duval
Director: Lucky McKee
Reviews for May
Top CriticTagline should be, 'If you can't find a really bad Frankenstein rip-off, make something like this.'
02/07/03
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02/25/03
Taps into a furious atavistic energy that reflects well on the filmmaker and his fully committed cast.
06/11/03
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07/02/03
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12/06/05
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12/06/05
It is alternately ridiculous, gruesome, unlikely and stupefying.
06/05/03
It's a humanistic entry in a most dehumanizing cycle, a film about dolls in which people really matter.
06/20/03
There’s an undeniable artistic clarity of vision to Lucky McKee's 'tweener' psychological horror pic, a well-acted, disquieting little character study. If you’re a genre fan, set aside some screen time for May.
06/23/03
While there are several praise-worthy elements of MAY , the titular character's lament that "Most people have perfect parts, but are never perfect in their whole" applies just as well to the film
07/09/03
Director Lucky McKee has a knack for discomfiting material involving contact lenses and animal hospitals, but such moments are increasingly rare as he stretches his material.
08/25/03
Like Spacek, Bettis goes far beyond the lackluster acting you usually see in horror movies.
06/13/03
The scorching horror of "Carrie" and the genre satisfying thrills of "Re-Animator".. the most unique horror movie of the year
02/20/03
Straddles the line between slasher film and sensitive character study with macabre and moving results.
06/12/03
Lucky Mckee's film works better as a misfit character study than it does a purebred slasher flick.
01/27/04
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03/26/09
Top CriticMcKee's directing and screenwriting are unusually low-key for a psychological horror thriller, and Bettis is excellent as the disturbed antiheroine.
01/15/04
Ironically, the stretch marks are what you notice most.
06/03/03
It's slightly better than the usual slasher flick.
07/15/03
Latest News for May
September 01, 2006:
Angela Bettis Signs on for HD/3-D Horror
Horror fans who enjoyed "The Toolbox Murders," "May," and the "Carrie" mini-series will want to keep an eye out for Angela Bettis in... More...
February 17, 2006:
Trailer Bulletin: The Woods
Curious to see a peek of "The Woods," an (eventually) upcoming horror flick from Lucky McKee, the guy who was cool enough to give us the cult classic "May"?... More...
June 27, 2005:
Paramount and MTV Films to Go "Beneath" Together
Paramount Classics and MTV Films will join forces for the first time to bring the psychological thriller "Beneath" to the big screen, according to The Hollywood... More...
May 13, 2005:
Lions Gate Slips Into "Skinwalkers"
Those Lions Gate folks sure do love their horror movies ("May," "Cabin Fever," "Saw," etc.) and they've just announced another one that's due to... More...
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