American Mary

2012

Action / Drama / Horror

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 62% · 52 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 52% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.2/10 10 28147 28.1K

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Plot summary

A young medical student struggling to pay tuition is drawn into the shady world of underground body-modification.


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Katharine Isabelle as Mary Mason
John Emmet Tracy as Detective Dolor
Connor Stanhope as Child #1
Antonio Cupo as Billy Barker
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Red-Barracuda 7 / 10

The female of the species is deadlier than the male...

Even at this early stage this interesting feature from Canada has the look of a future cult movie. It's decidedly left-field in subject matter. In it a female medical student with financial troubles turns to the shady world of underground surgeries. Before long she is carrying out more and more outlandish procedures. Pleasingly this one is directed by women. It's ridiculous in this day and age how rare it remains for women to be given the director's reigns. This film shows that the female vision can be very twisted and macabre indeed. The directors are identical twins Jen and Sylvia Soska who appear in a cameo as Eastern European sisters who crave bizarre body modifications. Their direction is very stylised but with grit where necessary. I'm not usually queasy when it comes to movies but I can honestly say that one surgical scene left me looking away. The third female presence is star Katherine Isabelle of Ginger Snaps fame. She is very good in a dark and sexy performance. She is a great anti-heroine and her revenge moment on a man who attacked her is one that had me inwardly cheering.

Seeing as this is a Canadian horror film perhaps a comparison with David Cronenberg is inevitable. But in this instance it's a fairly relevant one as in many ways this is another example of the body horror sub-genre. It's a film that combines contemporary sadistic horror with a view of an unusual subculture of people who modify their bodies through surgery. It isn't a very story driven film to be fair and it sometimes lacks a bit of overall dynamism but this is only a relatively minor observation and it is pleasingly original for the most part. Overall the feature could perhaps best be described as what would happen if Clive Barker was to direct a film that combined elements of Hard Candy and Audition.

Reviewed by nogodnomasters 7 / 10

WHO WANTS TO WATCH NOTHING SHOCKING

Mary is a med student studying to be a surgeon. She is ready for her internship and has financial problems. She answers an ad and as one thing leads to another, she becomes an underground unlicensed surgeon for people who desire odd body modifications. There is the added horror of murder and torture.

It is nice to see something new in horror. Katharine Isabelle as Mary was great, but I never connected to any of the characters, who were fairly cardboard. Indeed, I did not find myself rooting for Mary as the film is not engaging. The picture could have been done better which seemed to have ached for a Jane's Addiction soundtrack.

Worth a rental, not a keeper.

Parental Guide: F-bomb, sex, nudity, off screen rape.

Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 5 / 10

so much potential

Medical student Mary Mason (Katharine Isabelle) is desperate for cash. She answers an ad at a strip club and ends up doing illegal medical work for $5k. She is pulled into a world of blackmarket body modifications. She is raped by her teacher Grant. She uses her underworld connection to seek revenge.

Beatress Johnson is a great weird character. I was intrigued right away. She sets up a great ascend into a surreal slice of the world. It does do that at times but I want more. I like the twins and gimp Grant. I want less of the cheesy strip club. I want them to go to a body mod club where Mary is welcomed like a new messiah. I want extravagance. This movie is limited. There are issues with flow. It has so much potential but it can only fulfill so much.

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