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So, it is the sixth day of October, and up today for your consideration is May.

MayMay Dove Kennedy is an awkward girl, and that is an understatement.  Shy.  A wallflower, or she would be if she ever went out.  May has a lazy eye, and it makes her self-conscious.  As a child, her overbearing mother took her to the doctor who suggested May wear an eye patch.  That only caused the other children to torment her even worse.  As an adult, her only friend is the doll her mother gave her as a child.  Socialization really is not her thing.

Fully grown and working in a vet’s office, May finally sees an optometrist who corrects her lazy eye with contacts.  It’s practically a new lease on life, but with so little social interaction she still has a difficult time fitting in.  She ultimately meets a guy, Adam, although she had more or less stalked him.  Sadly the relationship doesn’t work, and through a string of events May overhears Adam referring to her in unflattering terms.  This leads May to a decision resulting in gruesome actions.  It’s like her mother used to tell her:  “If you can’t find a friend, make one.”


May is a downward spiral into madness.  It’s a slasher film, but also more than that; it elevates the genre.  It’s deep, moving, affecting.  This is top notch all the way; Angela Bettis, who plays the title character, gives a performance that is dazzling and nuanced.  She gains our sympathy and makes May as real as real can get.

If you’ve never seen this movie, it’s a shame.  May really is something to behold.

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