May 2003

Critics score:
69 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Ty Burr, Boston Globe: Lowdown genre fun, a film that nearly makes up in slacker wit and high-spirited gore what it lacks in budget and elegance. Read more

Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: There was no moment when I was scared by this thing. Read more

Robert K. Elder, Chicago Tribune: A refreshing, macabre tale. Read more

Stephen Holden, New York Times: Led by Ms. Bettis's discreetly campy May, the performances are a cut or two above what you would find in the average slasher film. But in the end that's all it is. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Unfolds with the creepy elegance and carefully calibrated precision of a Dario Argento horror film. Read more

Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post: Part Carrie, part Frankenstein and still shlockier bits and pieces, May isn't seamless. But boy is it hard to avert one's eyes from this creature ready-made for the midnight-movie circuit. Read more

Entertainment Weekly: Taps into a furious atavistic energy that reflects well on the filmmaker and his fully committed cast. Read more

Gary Dowell, Dallas Morning News: Too much of a hodgepodge of borrowed ideas and uneven tone. Read more

Mark Olsen, L.A. Weekly: Exactly the kind of unexpected delight one hopes for every time the lights go down. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: Novice director Lucky McKee wrote the first draft of this labored horror flick while he was in school, and for a student film, it's not bad. But it's not ready for the big time. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: A horror film and something more and deeper, something disturbing and oddly moving. Read more

Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Straddles the line between slasher film and sensitive character study with macabre and moving results. Read more

David Rooney, Variety: Read more

Dennis Lim, Village Voice: Ironically, the stretch marks are what you notice most. Read more