Review of May

May (2002)
3/10
Modern day rubbish
28 February 2005
Warning: Spoilers
This film is absolute dross but has a good comedic element. Synopsis in short... May, the lead character decides that her friends aren't good enough so she goes on a killing spree to create a new friend out of the best pieces of them.

But May doesn't have to use effort to kill her friends. They just let her stab and mutilate them whilst they struggle to act shocked. Concentrating on this aspect of their acting mean't they couldn't do anything else at the same time (was this on purpose I wonder?).

This film shows that even known actors look rubbish through poor direction and scripting (is this on purpose? I hope not). It is so bad it is watchable for the humour of it all. By the end I wanted to gouge my own eyes out and was desperate for May to do the obvious so I could switch off and go to bed. The make up and special effects must have cost the team about 5 dollars with change. The stroke of Mays cheek at the end was laugh out loud comedy with the rubber glove skin. And the eyeball! The scene with the blind kids crawling on their hands and knees in glass 'without realising' was funny too. They give blind people no credit at all! I gave this 1 for comedy and 1 because they managed to persuade Anna Faris (aka Cindy from Scary Movie) to star in it. The comedy mole was classic. The cat gave a convincing performance until it was replaced by a piece of cardboard and fur so I will top the ranking upto 3.

This film mocks the cheap horrors of yesteryear but they could have tried a little harder.

Cindy...
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