May
May
A socially awkward veterinary assistant with a lazy eye and obsession with perfection descends into depravity after developing a crush on a boy with perfect hands.
James Saenz reviewedOctober 15, 2025
“you can’t see me.”
this feels like the complete inverse of jeunet’s amélie. both films follow a young woman with crippling loneliness as she desperately strives to reach out and make a genuine connection. amélie fills me with so much hope and warmth, and this left me so heartbroken; the final ten minutes of the film really feel like a macabre breaking point for both may and the audience emotionally and psychologically. i love how it takes inspiration from the picture of dorian gray and frankenstein to stitch together a tale of isolation that carries itself with a strong audiovisual style, from the soundtrack choices to the idiosyncrasies in may’s wardrobe and entire persona.
people say they like weird until a real freak comes along and then they run off scared.