May (2003)

I love this movie so much

Good concept, poorly executed.

Blistering performances.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

it's a good psychological horror. the pacing is a little slow, but if you're patient it's worth it. a lot of the characters who aren't the main are still pretty fleshed out, which is cool. most of the actors are good, the ending is cool and a little confusing, it's a bit gory but not too much. may is a very interesting character, and her descent into madness is pretty creepy and tense to watch. there are a few events that are genuinely disturbing. most of the movie is about building it up for the ending events, though, so don't expect the action to start for a while. that fact might make it a bit difficult to watch for the average viewer or those with a poor attention span, although i have adhd and was still engaged in the plot the entire time, because it is a really interesting plot, and the characters are very intriguing. it's a shame that the movie didn't get very much attention at the time of its release. wouldn't recommend it for anyone under 16

MAY is a low budget horror outing that occasionally shines but for the most part is rather tiresome, purely because we've seen all of the plot elements done before - and better. The central character is a kooky goth girl, always unlucky in love, who decides to improve her life by literally building herself a new friend.It's hardly a novel idea, having been done better in the Christopher Lambert serial killer flick RESURRECTION, but it's enough to just about sustain the narrative of this rather unwieldy little movie. The main problem with MAY is that the film feels rather unfocused and repetitive. There are too many scenes which feel repetitive, usually involving May getting rejected or building a grievance against those in her life.There are plus points here, not least some not-bad direction and a dedicated central performance from Angela Bettis, but the second half of a film turns into a predictable gore fest when it had the potential to be something much creepier and more unsettling. It's a pity because MAY has promise, but it's promise that is soon wasted. And the soundtrack is horrible.

May has a disturbed and disturbing childhood, and grows up with difficulty in forming relationships. She keeps coming close, but that darned doll from her childhood keeps getting in the way.I have just given an accurate but misleading synopsis: the doll is an important element of this psychological horror, but not in the way you might suspect. Angela Bettis makes May both sympathetic and worryingly odd, and a good cast make the supporting characters interesting, varied, and credible (Anna Faris, in particular, is very good). The resolution of this rather sad tale is both shocking and entirely in accordance with what has come before.Of its sort, this is one of the better examples of the damaged individual psychological horror.

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.