Thought I should check this first before seeing King Knight. What a bizzare film. It's a hard-hitting look at the dangers of ignoring mental health, presented in the most disturbing and perverse way. It's wickedly funny, unpleasant, gross, in all the best ways. The surgical themes remind me of American Mary, but in here it examines the life of a mentally disturbed teenager with dreams of becoming a surgeon. The splice of psychosexual horror and dark humor work brilliantly here. The committed central performance by AnnaLynne McCord really elevates this film. The rebellious and morbid attitude of Pauline is perfectly potrayed by her. Also there's some interesting cameos if you're into horror.
Wasn't really paying attention to it at the start. Glad I got into it. A lot of weird and funny trash. Some disturbing gore stuff. Some of the dialogue had me laughing. I suppose it's a typical extreme weird outsider character movie, but things are above average. Good setting with an interesting family dynamic. The performances were all good. The dialogue was good. The ending was pretty sad and scary. It's like a gory version of a Todd Solondz movie.
Weird, dark, disturbing, funny and bloody! Excision is a twisted psychological coming of age body horror with themes of mental illness, family values, religion... I was going to say it's about identity too but not really. From the very first scene we see Pauline she knows exactly who she is, it's less about figuring it out and more about living it. Because of that her character feels more mature than it maybe should be sinse she's a teen. Still, this was a great character study and AnnaLynne McCord was great from start to finish. Great dark comedy and the dialogue surprised me a few times.
I'll keep it vague but the last scene; it was predictable but it didn't matter to me that it was predictable, because it's the perfect ending to give to this movie. The last few seconds though, the execution could have been better. A character's reaction felt forced/unrealistic to me and the acting faltered in that critical last shot. Maybe focusing on the other character's face would have been the solution. For that it loses some points but it was still a great journey of a movie and something I won't forget for a while. A very tragic story on many levels but the symbolism and social critique at the end was the biggest gut punch, a shocking reality i've rarely seen put on film.
That was truly weird, I don't know anyone I would recommend that to
Writing wasn't the greatest, there was some wooden and probably unintentional funny dialogue in it. The ending was predictable. The gore factor was minimal (imo). The reason to watch this tho is AnaaLynne McCord. Her performance alone makes this worth seeing. However, I do have a question. Why were Malcom McDowell, Marlee Matlin, Matthew Gray Gubler and to a lesser extent Ray Wise and John Waters in this movie.
What the hell did I just watch? I saw the comments and thought okay sure I'll give this a try, but yikes this movie is psychotic. The acting is good, the story is freaky, and by the end I honestly just felt like the movie's aim was a bit off. I give it a 6 because by all means and respects I think the movie hits the nail on the head for what it's aiming for, otherwise I'd of ranked it lower, but I can't go above 6 because they paint the lead as a sympathetic character when in truth she's just a psychopath. Say what you want about bullying and what not, but people like that are treated the way they are for reasons sometimes, and several times during the movie you see those reasons. The end of the movie is just downright sad and shows why people like this don't deserve sympathy, they deserve to be locked up or killed.
A weird, violent cousin of Napoleon Dynamite. This is daring, unconventional. For me this is what cinema is about. Not for every taste but I loved it.
It took me time to get on with it, but when I got, the only thing I can say is that it is interestingly wierd.
It took me time to get on with it, but when I got, the only thing I can say is that it is interestingly wierd.
It took me time to get on with it, but when I got, the only thing I can say is that it is interestingly wierd.
It took me time to get on with it, but when I got, the only thing I can say is that it is interestingly wierd.
It took me time to get on with it, but when I got, the only thing I can say is that it is interestingly wierd.
It took me time to get on with it, but when I got, the only thing I can say is that it is interestingly wierd.
It took me time to get on with it, but when I got, the only thing I can say is that it is interestingly wierd.
It took me time to get on with it, but when I got, the only thing I can say is that it is interestingly wierd.
It took me time to get on with it, but when I got, the only thing I can say is that it is interestingly wierd.
It took me time to get on with it, but when I got, the only thing I can say is that it is interestingly wierd.
It took me time to get on with it, but when I got, the only thing I can say is that it is interestingly wierd.
That were really weird wet dreams
Review by BronsonBlockedParent2022-03-24T00:13:30Z— updated 2023-01-14T17:46:16Z
Making a movie like this work is a delicate balancing act, and it almost worked, aside from the ending. The movie is really about an upper middle-class family - much like American Beauty - comprised of: a toxic mother, a codependent father, and the two sisters - Grace, and Pauline. Pauline is our lead character, and her story plays out like a coming-of-age indie comedy - like Welcome to the Dollhouse; she's smart, socially awkward, interested in biology, and has no friends aside from her little sister.
The major issue with Excision is that there is no tonal center: Is it a drama? No, it's too weird. Is it a comedy? No, it's too dark. Is it an indie dark comedy? Sort of, until it goes off the rails in the third act, and dives headfirst into horror.
Okay, consider that aside from the jammed-in fantasy/dream sequences, Pauline is very smart, and cares deeply for her sister. How much better would the ending have been if Grace was shown to have survived the surgery? Pauline would still have been a murderer - of the unwilling donor - yet it leaves us with some sympathy for her, knowing that she was completely misunderstood by everyone, but would do anything to help her sister, despite the consequences.