Review of May

May (2002)
* * out of 4.
7 October 2003
May is a young woman who has been alienated her entire life with her only friend being a doll that she keeps in a glass case. Suddenly though she finds herself with both a boyfriend and girlfriend in the same week after she has a lazy eye corrected. However, when both of them turn their backs on her and are no longer attracted to her weirdness, it sends her over the edge into a murder spree.

Mildly entertaining stuff. The film takes a while to get going, but by the time it does the film is nearly over with. However, the problems don't lie within the script (the script is very good in fact), because the script actually takes the time to develop the characters it is studying and explains what is driving the people in the film to do what they are doing. The problem is with the direction. It lacks flair or any kind of real momentum. As a result their is no real suspense and everything is predictable, except for the few final shots of the film which are really potent stuff. Some strong performances do help out occassionally. Anna Ferris has good comedic timing and Angela Bettis has her character nailed to a tee.

Rated R; Graphic Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations.
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