(small spoilers coming up)
Any fellas here who tend to get lonely? Can't get a date on Saturday nights? Well, there is one girl that'll gladly awaits you...Take a look at this film and see what May has got to offer you. It's a delightful little movie that got overlooked at the 2002 box office, like so many other movies who deserved a mention. May is the funny ( in a morbid kind of way ) and touching story of a young girl who's all alone in this world. She's full of complexes and totally lacks self-confidence but she keeps dreaming about true love and appreciation. She has a weird hand-fetish, talks to her dolls and she sews her own clothes. She falls in love with a handsome guy ( an interesting trivia-element for horrorfans is that this guy is a huge fan of Dario Argento ) and she becomes the girl-toy of a nymph-lesbian. Unfortunately, they all come to hurt May's feelings and that causes her to snap...and how!! She decides to compose her own 'ideal friend' but therefore she needs body parts...Any idea where to get those from??
May is more or less a one man's project of director Lucky McKee. I never heard of this guy before but I like his style. He's got a pretty weird and twisted world perspective but what the heck. I guess the same thing can be said about the people who enjoy watching this movie...yours truly included. The entire movie looks fresh and original and contains numberless references to classic horror titles. The use of music is very atmospheric and there are several bloody sequences to satisfy the more 'wild' horror freaks. There's quite a bit of sentiment and drama in this film but I didn't let it bother me at all. The morality isn't shoved down your throat and I think that's a good thing. Oversentimental crap dialogues really could have spoiled this movie, but McKee didn't let that happen. Good on him!! I hope to see more of his work in the future. And I'd also love to see a lot more films starring Angela Bettis - the girl who plays the title character May. She's really talented and pretty. She carries this film like it's nothing and has a lot of charisma. Ana Faris ( the Scary Movie girl ) does a pretty good job as well. Her character is a complete bimbo, but she manages to portray her as a charming and insecure girl.
In case it wasn't clear yet...May is certainly recommended. Especially to the people who claim that ALL the nowadays horrorfilms suck. May is another proof that excellent horror still gets made. You only have to look beyond the brainless and uninteresting blockbusters to find them.
Any fellas here who tend to get lonely? Can't get a date on Saturday nights? Well, there is one girl that'll gladly awaits you...Take a look at this film and see what May has got to offer you. It's a delightful little movie that got overlooked at the 2002 box office, like so many other movies who deserved a mention. May is the funny ( in a morbid kind of way ) and touching story of a young girl who's all alone in this world. She's full of complexes and totally lacks self-confidence but she keeps dreaming about true love and appreciation. She has a weird hand-fetish, talks to her dolls and she sews her own clothes. She falls in love with a handsome guy ( an interesting trivia-element for horrorfans is that this guy is a huge fan of Dario Argento ) and she becomes the girl-toy of a nymph-lesbian. Unfortunately, they all come to hurt May's feelings and that causes her to snap...and how!! She decides to compose her own 'ideal friend' but therefore she needs body parts...Any idea where to get those from??
May is more or less a one man's project of director Lucky McKee. I never heard of this guy before but I like his style. He's got a pretty weird and twisted world perspective but what the heck. I guess the same thing can be said about the people who enjoy watching this movie...yours truly included. The entire movie looks fresh and original and contains numberless references to classic horror titles. The use of music is very atmospheric and there are several bloody sequences to satisfy the more 'wild' horror freaks. There's quite a bit of sentiment and drama in this film but I didn't let it bother me at all. The morality isn't shoved down your throat and I think that's a good thing. Oversentimental crap dialogues really could have spoiled this movie, but McKee didn't let that happen. Good on him!! I hope to see more of his work in the future. And I'd also love to see a lot more films starring Angela Bettis - the girl who plays the title character May. She's really talented and pretty. She carries this film like it's nothing and has a lot of charisma. Ana Faris ( the Scary Movie girl ) does a pretty good job as well. Her character is a complete bimbo, but she manages to portray her as a charming and insecure girl.
In case it wasn't clear yet...May is certainly recommended. Especially to the people who claim that ALL the nowadays horrorfilms suck. May is another proof that excellent horror still gets made. You only have to look beyond the brainless and uninteresting blockbusters to find them.