Horror is not always bloody, disgusting and scary. Sometimes horror is the truth itself. The truth people are afraid to admit. Key word - afraid. Even though May is not much of a philosophical horror-drama, it makes its point by exposing moral values and humaneness.
May is a young woman, desperately trying to find friendship and love, but memories from the childhood and her obvious weirdness become something, she has no power to overcome.
It's quite rarely that a horror movie reaches a level of psychological point where the main character is both positive and negative. May is not a heavy drama, nor a tear-jerker. May is a simple film that might have been misunderstood by people, waiting for the monster to jump out of nowhere and eat all characters. Yes, that would be cool and unexpected, but it's not what we are talking about. Firstly, I want to share opinion that might answer why May is a horror. Indeed, it consists of pretty bizarre elements, but that's not the reason it is considered horror. The character May represents both good and evil, both happiness and sadness and both laughing and smiling. In her world, everything is unknown and what humans fear the most is the unknown. You can't beat it, because you are not familiar with its shape and mind. In many terms, May is not familiar with life. Although she starts a relationship with a reticent man, she still finds it difficult to adapt. Despite the early impression, the movie leaves in us, we can't say May's life has been destroyed long time ago. Not at all. She has a job, she has a nice house and she even takes benefits out of loneliness. Things go wrong when she falls in love - a feeling, she is completely unacquainted with. The movie opens with childhood flashbacks where we get a glimpse of the terrible upbringing, May has received from her crazy parents. There is nothing scarier than being unfamiliar with feelings such as love and trust. May is constantly paranoid and unsure about her sexuality. By the way, there is some kind of a clock that represents her understandings on life. May is a horror movie, because the main heroine doesn't understand simple things and that drives her crazy. Her degradation is a result of the everyday life she starts hating after meeting Adam. And the strongest proof of my theory comes at the end when May comes to the conclusion that the only salvation is murder.
Angela Bettis is great as May. Troumendous job in recreating an anti-social, confused girl. A talented actress, we saw in a MOH episode. I don't know whether she is devoted on horror in some strange way, but I am absolutely positive both May and the MOH episodes are decent, little horrors.
The main issue, I have with May is its purpose. I couldn't understand how am I supposed to react to a scene that is both strange and funny. I guess it depends on my views, but I can't agree May is depressing and dark whereas that definition could be seen in most reviews of the film. It's a bit sad, but in a weird way. Depressing is just a wrong word. May is not a victim. It's her that fixes her life in the wrong way. And childhood is too much of a cliché to be taken seriously. Dark is another word, I doubt I'll ever use, describing the movie. There is a sexual subtext as well as intentional humor. I guess lesbian scenes don't bring much darkness to any form of art.
May is a movie about misunderstandings. I liked it. Whethet it is provocative or overrated - it depends on the person watching. One thing is for sure - it is fresh and it's worth the look.
May is a young woman, desperately trying to find friendship and love, but memories from the childhood and her obvious weirdness become something, she has no power to overcome.
It's quite rarely that a horror movie reaches a level of psychological point where the main character is both positive and negative. May is not a heavy drama, nor a tear-jerker. May is a simple film that might have been misunderstood by people, waiting for the monster to jump out of nowhere and eat all characters. Yes, that would be cool and unexpected, but it's not what we are talking about. Firstly, I want to share opinion that might answer why May is a horror. Indeed, it consists of pretty bizarre elements, but that's not the reason it is considered horror. The character May represents both good and evil, both happiness and sadness and both laughing and smiling. In her world, everything is unknown and what humans fear the most is the unknown. You can't beat it, because you are not familiar with its shape and mind. In many terms, May is not familiar with life. Although she starts a relationship with a reticent man, she still finds it difficult to adapt. Despite the early impression, the movie leaves in us, we can't say May's life has been destroyed long time ago. Not at all. She has a job, she has a nice house and she even takes benefits out of loneliness. Things go wrong when she falls in love - a feeling, she is completely unacquainted with. The movie opens with childhood flashbacks where we get a glimpse of the terrible upbringing, May has received from her crazy parents. There is nothing scarier than being unfamiliar with feelings such as love and trust. May is constantly paranoid and unsure about her sexuality. By the way, there is some kind of a clock that represents her understandings on life. May is a horror movie, because the main heroine doesn't understand simple things and that drives her crazy. Her degradation is a result of the everyday life she starts hating after meeting Adam. And the strongest proof of my theory comes at the end when May comes to the conclusion that the only salvation is murder.
Angela Bettis is great as May. Troumendous job in recreating an anti-social, confused girl. A talented actress, we saw in a MOH episode. I don't know whether she is devoted on horror in some strange way, but I am absolutely positive both May and the MOH episodes are decent, little horrors.
The main issue, I have with May is its purpose. I couldn't understand how am I supposed to react to a scene that is both strange and funny. I guess it depends on my views, but I can't agree May is depressing and dark whereas that definition could be seen in most reviews of the film. It's a bit sad, but in a weird way. Depressing is just a wrong word. May is not a victim. It's her that fixes her life in the wrong way. And childhood is too much of a cliché to be taken seriously. Dark is another word, I doubt I'll ever use, describing the movie. There is a sexual subtext as well as intentional humor. I guess lesbian scenes don't bring much darkness to any form of art.
May is a movie about misunderstandings. I liked it. Whethet it is provocative or overrated - it depends on the person watching. One thing is for sure - it is fresh and it's worth the look.