DVD Review: May (B+)

May (2002)
Directed by Lucky McKee
Starring Angela Bettis, Jeremy Sisto, Anna Faris, James Duval and Nichole Hiltz
MPAA: R
Grade: B+

Review by Bobby Nashville Wow, what a pleasant surprise May (the movie is). However May (the girl) is certainly not pleasant. Sure, she's kind of sincere and charming in a certain way, but she's also very strange. The combinations of her character and the fantastic acting by Angela Bettis in the lead role make this one excellent B movie horror film.

May has a lazy eye and a domineering mother. This has caused her to be socially awkward at best, and strangely obsessive at worst. She talks to a doll that can't be let out of it's case (always a bad sign), and she has a fascination with body parts. Sounds normal, right?

May falls for the equally strange (but hypocritical) Adam (played by Jeremy Sisto) and when things go bad, she isn't ready to let him go. May decides to take matters into her own hands and create the perfect man, even if she has to do it the hard way.

Well acted, well directed and perfectly cut together, May is a very entertaining. For fans of modern horror films such as Ginger Snaps, this one is highly recommended.

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