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A very great character driven movie. Bettis was made for this role. I couldn't help but feel sorry for her which is a weird thing to say, which just goes to show McKee did what he needed to do and that was for us to feel may's pain
did anyone else notice that the eye patch in the beginning is on the good eye? lol idk if they meant that or not. but it was a pretty good movie
id watch it if i were you
Posted By: immortaldeath at 5:16pm, October 22, 2009
great movie! at first i thought to my self this fucking movie is weird, but for some reason i couldn't stop watching it. Angela Bettis was amazing and Anna Faris played her role great to. i strongly suggest checking this out
This film is disturbing, so much that my girlfriend stopped watching. Anna Faris is reliable as ever and Angela Bettis was amazing as May, her breakdown was paced out really well and you could really feel her losing it as the glass slowly cracked. The scene with the glass in the care home is absolutely wild.
I have to say this film played on my mind afterwards more than Martyrs ever could and i thought that was prettty hard to top - how this movie avoided my attention for so long is worrying so mega thanks to Bloody Disgusting (and my love jones for Anna Faris : ) ) for bringing this to my attention.
I just watched this film again for the first time in about 4 years and it is still great. A rare horror film that has both sensitivity and sheer horror. Really a film about alienation very much like the theme explored in Taxi Driver, but in a "weirder" way, but then again I like weird.
great movie, everyone was very well cast. angela bettis was TERRIFIC as may, i really think she deserved an oscar nomination for this one. anna farris was funny as hell as polly. the one thing i think this movie lacked was gore! i heard this was a bloodbath, but honestly it's not. don't get me wrong there are some nasty scenes here and there, but not what i was expecting. other than that, the movie was excellent!
I wish I would have watched this film along time ago it's really a terrific film, written superbly and has a great style about it, good characters that you get to know well and it really is a good film it's not something id watch over and over again, but this movie you gotta see at least once.
I was thinking to myself the other day while i was looking at my action figure collection of cinema of fear & cult classics that there is a real lack of female killer villians, although she's not vicious and evil like michael myers, you feel more for May and empthize with her and simultaneously understand why she kills these people and I really felt bad for her and the film makes you think about the things while you watch it, something most movies are scared to achieve.
Along with TEETH, this has to be the best female villian movies in the genre.
Yeah Kathy Bates was good in Misery but I could have cared less about her and I felt no sorrow for her either. the main characters in this film and teeth, you feel for.
This movie was slow start and half way thur it I was thinking not to watch it but then she came out of shyness then I started to enjoy it its very slow to me but the plot got better and I like the twist on the ending.
Posted By: BK's Finest at 10:09pm, February 18, 2009
In a world where most movies have A to B, paint-by-the-numbers stories with typical action sequences and lame plot twists, it's hard for my brain to remember that movies like May have ever been made. The film is far from perfect, as my somewhat low score indicates, but that doesn't mean I don't suggest it. Put simply, May, while not really original, defies the standard stereotypes that movies of its kind have been reduced to and puts the vast majority of movies I've seen to thumb-sucking shame. Still, that doesn't say a whole lot because almost every movie I've seen in a long time has been pathetic in its own right.
May opens up with a very interesting flash-cut first scene of May with her eye oozing blood. The movie never references that scene again until the last half hour. Without spoiling anything, that is my main complaint about May. While it has an insanely wicked (good) last thirty minutes and a very enticing first scene, the hour between the two is just . . . uninteresting.
First-time director Lucky McGee—who seems very eager to get his name out—obviously tries his hardest to create an original experience. Maybe he's one of the few directors out there who actually realizes that 95% of everything released in theaters has been has been done so many times that the audience has no more emotional connection to it than they do with the story of Little Red Riding Hood. But like other first-time directors with a knack for originality—Richard Kelly, for example—Lucky McGee creates an original premise then falls into every cliché known to man without even noticing it. For example, May is a girl obsessed with death and gore—really, who would have guessed? The whole death-obsessed girl cliché has been around since the beginning of the horror genre, and that heavily harms the level of originality McGee tries to achieve. Especially when May's character is the focal point of the plot for the first hour. Likewise, the idea of a lonely girl growing up with only a doll for a friend has been used in movies for years, not to mention cartoons.
But maybe I'm just being overly critical. Especially when, in the last half hour, May really differentiates itself from the other countless movies that are just like it in the first hour. By the ending, it really almost feels like a fairytale gone horribly wrong—but not one that you've heard thousands of times. This is why I think May is so far superior to most of Tim Burton's movies. Because, while Tim Burton repeats the same tired ideas over and over again, May uses new ideas with the same dark style, but without becoming a cliché like Sweeny Todd.
Another thing that makes May superior to most horror out there is that it actually has horror. I personally have not seen a single film that genuinely scared me in a long, long time, but I'd be lying to say that some scenes in May weren't downright creepy. The reason May is so creepy—all soon-to-be horror directors please take note—is because May never once uses a scare scene that you've seen before. Again, originality takes dominance over all. Anyone who disagrees can go sit through Mirrors or The Happening and dumbfoundedly wonder why they're not peeing their pants.
Also, Angela Bettis's performance is flat-out perfect. There is not a single scene where her acting is even remotely out of place. At times she even obviously fixes the cliché flaws the writers wrote into her character. Put simply, she deserved an Oscar for this, not whoever the retard who played in There Will Be Blood. The other acting is all solid and believable.
So why such a low score? Because of entertainment value. I'm not someone who thinks a movie must be fun and easy to watch in order to be good. Not at all. But simply put, the entire first hour of May lacks anything entertaining whatsoever. I turned the movie off after the first hour and almost didn't finish it because I was so bored. Thankfully I did put it back in and finish the much improved second act a day later. But any movie that is just downright as bland as this for an hour of a hour and a half runtime needs to be scored lower.
So, overall, any and every horror fans needs to see may. But, oddly enough, I'd also highly recommend May to the Juno crowd as well. No, I take both those statements back. I'd recommend May to anyone and everyone. It's not perfect, but in the pit of crap that come out every single year, this is the best you're going to see.
Posted By: alienfetus at 6:14am, November 18, 2008
I’ve seen “May” sitting at about every movie rental place I’ve been in within the last two or three years. The cover art is misleading, or at least it was to me. Judging from the cover, I expected a movie somewhere along the lines of “The Craft.” Okay, you may love “The Craft,” but the idea of a handful of girls getting god-like power by simply joining hands and lighting a few candles just doesn’t do it for me. My suspension of belief only goes so far. So, I guess you could say that I expected “May” to be your run of the mill femme fatale going on a killing spree kind of movie. It very well could have been had Angela Bettis not done such an amazing job portraying the flawed and timid “May,” and her supporting cast not have done such a great job mining all the gold that could be mined from their characters, figuratively speaking.
The story is about a girl called May who works at a local animal hospital and has a talent for sewing. When she’s not at work at the animal hospital, her mother’s hand-me-down doll, which she keeps in a glass case, is the only one to keep her company. Well, that is until she meets a boy who eventually grows to like her as much as May’s lesbian co-worker. Everything goes great for a while until May’s aloof behavior begins to drive away her new found friends leaving her more alone than ever. May doesn’t let it get her down too much though, because soon she “makes” a new friend.
So yeah, the storyline is pretty straight forward. Reading it, you’re probably not too impressed. When I rented it, I figured it’d be just another gore fest, but, hey, that’s not always a bad thing right? That’s not really the case with “May.” It’s more of a character study than a slasher. The major problem with “May” is the lack of backstory on the main character. We never really know why May is so meek and shy and, well, strange. The best we get are brief flashes at the beginning of the movie, none of which justify the overt oddity that is her personality. Still, Bettis portrays May in a way that is not only disturbing but also kind of saddening. It’s hard not to feel sorry for her at the end of the movie. In the end, she’s just a lonely girl with no friends.
May is a good example of a movie where the performances of it's actors outweighs the actual story itself. This is an OK movie, with some really stand out acting. There is no questioning that the performance of Angela Bettis is a real tour de force. Bettis has some real moments in the film, and her portrayal of the young weird May will surely be remembered for some time to come. I also thought that the performances of Jeremy Sisto and Anna Faris were quite exceptional, considering that there doesn't really seem to be much material they are working with. I can't say enough good things about what the actors bring to this film, the problem with "May" really comes down to storyline and direction.
The film drags through several parts, and leaves the viewer questioning so much about what is NOT explained. Yes, May is a loner, and yes she is quite weird, but not enough detail or history is given as to WHY? Plenty of detail is given to her decent into "madness", but one is left to wonder why she is so messed up in the first place? This is no doubt a very interesting film, but I was left to consider how much better it could have been with a little more written character development and some better direction. As a viewer, it can be a little frustrating watching such talented actors having to work with obvious flaws in the direction & writing of a film, especially when in no real way does it affect their own performance.
I would suggest seeing this film before buying it, as it might make a better rental than an addition to your DVD horror library. Not a film that I would entertain repeat viewings of. It just didn't hold my interest for more than one showing- unless you are completely mesmorized by the performance of Angela Bettis (which is quite possible considering she is SO good) to watch it more than once.
Posted By: MansonKitten at 11:44pm, October 1, 2008
This has to be if not my favorite then in my top 3 movies. It is brilliant and a perfect date film....I know I am wierd.lol absolutly loved this film
Mmm i really liked this one, very interesting to see the frustration. The end was one to remember.
Posted By: KingOfHorror at 12:17pm, August 10, 2008
Everyone Loves May!
Posted By: PromNight2008 at 12:58am, August 10, 2008
Loved, loved, loved this movie. May is a very interesting character, and I dug the way they really explored her personality before she really went insane. Very unique and horrifying film, and one of my new favorites.
Wow! This moive is great. I love this movie. May is so great and sad and you just feel for her. The movie keeps to the idea so well and does not try to make anyone happy. It is awesome and hope everyone loves this movie as well.
Love LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE this movie. this is such a cute movie. has a great message, great story, great actors, and just very well put together. this is deff. a must see fim.
