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#29 seems pretty harmless but let’s just take a deeper look…

May - 2002

Now, truth be told, the trailer didn’t really do anything for me when I first saw this movie. The fact that I had a huge crush on Anna Faris was enough for me to pick up the DVD. And when watching the movie, my crush only amplified because she plays a sex fiend in the role and that was more than enough for this pervert.

However… it wasn’t Faris that carried the film. The titled character, May, was the driving force behind the intrigue to continue watching the ongoing macabre. The plot revolves around an awkward, lonely young woman named May Dove Kennedy (Bettis). She had a troubled childhood due to her lazy eye which caused her to feel abnormal and out of place. May’s mother takes her to an eye doctor, who suggests that May wear an eye patch to correct her vision. Unfortunately, this only encourages the other children to make fun of her, most notably on their first day of school, when one of her fellow students asks her if she is a pirate. She has very few social interactions with people throughout her life with her only “true friend” being a glass-encased doll named Suzy made by her mother and given to May for her birthday. After presenting her with the gift, her mother tells her, “If you can’t find a friend, make one.”

The story continues with her as an adult and…for lack of better writing, makes new friends. Strange, compelling, and twisted as hell, May brings out the artist in all of us… or perhaps the art itself.

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