May
May
R | 03 June 2003 (USA)
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A socially awkward veterinary assistant with a lazy eye and obsession with perfection descends into depravity after developing a crush on a boy with perfect hands.

Reviews
Diagonaldi Very well executed
Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever
ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.
Tyreece Hulme One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.
Shelly Rain This is one of the weirdest film I have ever watched in my life, she is as crazy as Norman Bates. I only decided to watch it because Anna Faris was in it, this was mad, I really don't know what else to say about this film except that it was weird. Clearly May had some psychological issues and needed help. I really don't know what I just watched, this wasn't even scary to me, only awkward, weird and disgusting. How people think of these things to turn into a movie I don't know.
hopebuild This one had me biting my fingers! I appreciate movies that use creativity instead of millions of dollars to intrigue an audience. The characters were nuanced and well acted. This movie falls into a sort of sub-genre that I call little gems. The movie had a budget of only 500k! There are movies that cost 200 million that have me twiddling my thumbs and begging for the end to come. Inevitably these big block busters get rave reviews and make more hundreds of millions. I love little hidden gems like this one. I really have to hand it to the director who took a real good story and married it perfectly with the lead actress' ability. It brought forth a character that I absolutely fell in love with and a movie that rocked. Ten stars is a generous rating but I give extra stars because it was a little gem.
Poptart_Psycho Well what can I say, I was more than impressed with Lucky McKee,s movie. A horror with a mix of thriller and gore with brilliant character insight.In my opinion I think the movie poses the question was May always a bit crazy and the rejection pushed her over the edge or was she sane but pushed over by the lack of affection? The tagline is 'If you cant make friends build them' which is used throughout them.At the start of the film we learn about May, as a child she was diagnosed with a lazy eye much to her over bearing mothers disappointment who wanted a 'perfect child' she was a loner who had no friends. Her mother gave her a china doll named Susie who she adored and has kept forever. Nothing to say she was dangerous just a little different. May is a veterinary assistant at the local animal hospital which she enjoys.We start to see May finding attraction in handsome Adam, a mechanic nearby like May he seems quite quiet and reserved. Adam also makes films on the side. The couple start to get closer by sharing cigarettes and going for lunch. After showing May one of his movies 'Jack and Jill' based on cannibalism May takes it to literally, mocking her kissing techniques he doesn't want to date May anymore making her feel lonely...Along came Polly... One of Mays colleagues at work is flirtatious lesbian Polly who has a somewhat kind of attraction over May. Always seeming to flirt around may, after the Adam incident May is feeling lonely so seeks comfort in the woman. The pair have a brief dating relationship until one day May comes knocking to see Polly has a new girl called Ambrosia. Again May is feeling more rejected and close to the final straw...The last nail in the coffin... Being rejected by all her 'friends' May decides to volunteer at a day care centre for blind children. Meeting ironically a loner girl who she helps bring into the group. One day she decides to bring in Susie her china doll in a glass case. Unintentionally the blind children get excited and accidentally break the doll sending May into despair.Full blown psycho... Sadly at this point Mays mental state darkens, rejected by everyone shes got close to and the breaking of beloved Susie its gone to far. Now she really has taking her mother words and the movies tagline too far, feeling the only way she can have the perfect friend by having body parts of all those closest to her.This movie is dark and humorous at times and highlights issues we as society ignore.
johnhempel I'm giving this movie a 10 to bring up the average, as well as to say that it is a "10" for the kind of movie it is. Maybe the critics just don't like Lucky McKee. May is a Horror/Comedy. Angela Bettis and Jeremy Sisto both do a perfect job bringing there characters persona's out in the film. The direction by Lucky McKee is wonderfully refreshing, as is the movie itself. If I was editor and chief of the papers whose critics panned this movie they would all be out of a job! May is a unique kind of movie that brings comedy and horror together, and that is not an easy task. It may not be a movie for everyone, but as a movie critic one must be able to recognize talent. There are many movies with high ratings and many fans that are just not my thing, but they are still good movies. I've seen Angela Bettis in a few movies, and in my opinion she is a very talented actor. When a movie makes me laugh out loud as much as May did, it will have a special place in my library.