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Quickie Review - May

Lucky McKee is not a very popular guy with two girls I've recently become friendly with on the Internet. They write their own blog called http://gorelovingladies.blogspot.com/ and feel his misogynistic views are offensive.  My only other viewing of a McKee film was my recent viewing of The Woman. While I found The Woman to be a better movie, it was mostly due to a clever switching of the typical roles for good and evil. There was also such a wonderful ridiculousness to it, that made it a good horror flick.  May is a different  animal altogether. May is a young woman, played by Angela Bettis, who seems to be one of McKee's muses (could be because her husband tends to assist in producing).  We are told she is different, but her difference in the real world is so minor it would never produce the side effects it does.  We're given a very quick glimpse into a sheltered upbringing and we're supposed to believe she has lived her entire life without a friend.

The movie takes us down the cliche filled path of the young girl coming out of her shell through evil thoughts and acts, climaxing with the ultimate in "bat-shit-crazy." The movie actually has a decent cast, as Bettis is joined by Jeremy Sisto and Anna Farris.  Sisto plays the shy May's object of affection and Farris plays the co-worker who somewhat falls for May.  McKee's apparent lack of respect for women is found throughout the movie, but is held together, by what is a pretty stellar performance by Bettis and the beyond silly, but amusing role of the ditz, played by Farris.  Some would probably add that McKee manages to stereotype emotional disorders, loners, lesbians, college film students, blind kids and veterinarians (yes, you read all that correctly) and they wouldn't be wrong.  That being said, there is a scene within a classroom full of blind children that I found to be borderline genius in how disturbing and macabre it is.  May is clearly not for everyone and has some disturbing scenes, but as horror goes, it's fairly tame. I thoroughly enjoyed Bettis and felt, while the movie did have some truly silly scenes, there were enough good ones to make it worthwhile.

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