Review of May (1936) by Courtney C — 05 Feb 2009

I had always wanted to see this ever since I heard about the plot, and I can greatfully say it was worth watching.

May (Angela Betis) is a girl who had a very traumatic childhood due to her developing a lazy eye, resulting in everyone else making fun of her. The only friend she gets is from her mother, a doll. When she does find people that she can befriend, the new boyfriend Adam (Jeremy Sisto) dumps her for being the weirdo she is, whilst her new girlfriend Polly (Anna Faris) has an open relationship and sleeps with other women (Nichole Hiltz). This prompts May to make the perfect friend...by taking the perfect bits from everyone else.

Pretty much everyone is perfect in their roles, especially Angela Bettis as the loner seeking friendship turns into an all out psychopath. The gore effects are great, the plotline is brilliant. Some of the camera angles are pretty effective, showing us her fragmented memories of her insane dealings.

When May turns psycho it does what I always pictured, a second personality coming into form, a split personality shall I guess. The normal...yeah normal May was sweet and had some lack of communication skills, the psycho May becomes strong and confident, even a different tone in her voice. I like that.

There was even one moment which made me feel I couldn't even watch. I did in the end but I had the 'almost feeling sick' feeling. Not many films can do that.

Overall a brilliant film to watch, a definate recomended film to watch.