Scanialara
You won't be disappointed!
EssenceStory
Well Deserved Praise
PlatinumRead
Just so...so bad
FrogGlace
In other words,this film is a surreal ride.
TMKluski
If you want to see another repetitive, boring, CGI bloated movie, this masterpiece is not for you. However, if you want to (safely?) experience the terror of your not-so-average teenage girl whose suffering is severly inflicted on others and who is disturbed with serious psychosis, then look no more, you should definitely see this one.
chuckm76
A quite bizarre and uneven movie that whilst not all bad is certainly massively overrated on this site.The main character of Pauline is terribly played by someone who has clearly never been awkward or an outcast, it's a distracting, unbelievable pantomime of gurning and over the top nihilism. This could and should have been reigned in and allowed to simmer and explode. Others who review this film seem to rate this performance as something special but it's not, it's actually the films weakest part.
The characters behaviour would have been addressed and confronted a long time ago but is seemingly ignored by every oblivious idiot until far too late. This is made more apparent by the performance of the rest of the cast which is downplayed and understated, whilst this may be a conscious decision it certainly wasn't a good one. It removes all art from the movie and leaves it clearly in the trash pile. Not a bad thing for a film of this type but the film wants you to believe that there's more here. There's not.The film itself is well shot, it looks and feels expensive, which is testament to the filmmakers. It may have been better served without this level of gloss but it's impressive. Again this may have been a conscious decision, but this film is trash and instead of revelling in that it tries to move away from it. It has nothing to say and an unbelievable plot and characters yet it portrays itself as something deeper. Had Pauline played people off against each other instead of being so openly dramatic it could have added a level of intrigue into the proceedings. Instead we get a couple of hours a teenage Bart Simpson staring through her oh so greasy hair.
grahamrwilliams-09130
what a weird and wonderfully acted film, acting was above par for a film of this genre, story line was easy to follow and somehow delicious to watch as the angst and delusional qualities of the main character unfolded, it does have humor blackest at best but there nonetheless.the story tells of an 18 student with delusions of medical excellence and somewhat of an anomaly in her school year and at odds with her family especially her mother (play superbly by tracy lords)yes that tracy lords.not sure how to categorise this film ,not out and out horror not a black comedy but maybe a bit of both . good watch would recommend it gave it 8/10
GL84
Trying to follow her delusional dreams of being a surgeon, an outcast teen becomes overwhelmed by her increasingly psychotic sexualized dreams and uses them to help appease her domineering mother.On the whole this one wasn't all that impressive. What really tends to turn this one down is the fact that there's just absolutely nothing appealing or interesting about the lead here who comes off as every outcast cliché rolled into one form and it comes off as incredibly off- putting. The obsessive desire to fit in despite being interested in grotesque and morbid hobbies, the need for continuous scatological remarks to any situational comeback ever, the overt sexualized discussions with everyone around her and butting heads with anyone and everyone around her just because she's right are just some of the behavior around here and it's so clichéd, so unremarkable and handled so ineptly that it's not only uninteresting but simply furthers here outcast feeling in the first place and makes it completely warranted for why she's treated as such which tends to make this one go along so agonizingly slow it can't sustain anything in the first half here. The one bright spot about that part, the need for her career as a surgeon, not only makes these scenes so easily foreshadowed later on but also adds delusional to her list of credentials due to the increasingly bizarre self-destructive qualities exhibited here that allow for her to throw them away despite her continuing pressure to become one which is what really tends to make this one feel so empty-headed and lame that it would've been totally justified for physical abuse at the hands of her parents to get her in line in life. Apart from all that, this one wasn't all that bad when it focused on areas other than her, as the main focus here is really on her psychotic dreams and visions that come along with her burgeoning sexuality, as these are vivid, lurid and quite graphic with tons of bloodshed, graphic and sexualized kills and a rather hypnotic quality that makes them incredibly watchable and chilling, which is nearly enough to save this almost by itself. Due to the severity of the other flaws, though, it only makes this one watchable.Rated Unrated: Extreme Graphic Violence, Strong Sexual Content including graphic sexual discussions, Nudity, Graphic Language and strong themes of menstruation.