DO NOT WATCH: American Mary
FantasticMR > 11/01/2021, 07:18
I have seen this film on countless lists on you tube and other sites and I can only believe that it fit the mould of the list, things like “Top 10 craziest horrors” but has been used as padding.
It’s been on my radar since it’s release for these reasons but never been strong enough to peak my interest. However, recently is has been added to the UK Netflix and uses one of it’s most interesting scenes in the auto loading preview. The clip is not action packed but instead leads you to think that this movie will be full of eerie and interesting characters, it is not.
After 20 minutes of reasonable character introduction and story setup the film completely loses direction. Instead of delivering on what feels like it will take you on a journey of extreme body dysmorphia you are instead given numerous half thought out story arcs and character relationships that make zero sense.
The movie clearly has a reasonable budget which they have splashed out on interesting and believable visual effects based around body modification but they could have spent more budget sourcing actors who make it feel less like a student film and this time it isn’t just a case of a bad script happening to good actors, some of it is flat out bad.
The 1 hour 40 minute run time feels much longer and by the end of the movie you will feel completely perplexed by the rabbit hole with multiple warrens you’ve ended up in. It just doesn’t make any sense, even if you though yourself completely into the world of this film.
Do not watch this movie, it does not deliver.