American Mary

Name: American Mary
Genre: Thriller, Horror
Released: May 31, 2013
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 46
Cast: Antonio Cupo, Clay St. Thomas, David Lovgren, John Emmet Tracy, Katharine Isabelle

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XLrator Media | Release Date: May 31, 2013 | R

Starring: Antonio Cupo, Clay St. Thomas, David Lovgren, John Emmet Tracy, Katharine Isabelle, Nelson Wong, Paula Lindberg, Tristan Risk, Twan Holliday

Summary: Medical student Mary Mason becomes increasingly broke and disenchanted with the surgical world she once admired. The allure of easy money sends Mary into the world of underground surgeries which ends up leaving more marks on her than her clientele.

Director: Jen Soska and Sylvia Soska

Genre(s): Thriller, Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 103 min

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Andy Webster

May 30, 2013

This film — the second from the Soskas, and shot in their hometown, Vancouver, British Columbia — combines gore, quiet dread, feminist conviction and a visual classicism, often using a red palette, with impressive, unbelabored dexterity. Read full review

Time Out London Nigel Floyd

May 28, 2013

American Mary nods savvily to the ‘body horror’ of ‘Audition’ and ‘Dead Ringers’ but still possesses a truly original, deeply disturbing vision. Read full review

Matt Glasby

May 28, 2013

Katharine Isabelle is phenomenal in one of the most original and politically engaged horrors of recent years, even if the second half isn’t a patch on the first. Read full review

The Playlist Gabe Toro

May 30, 2013

Ultimately, American Mary simply reveals itself as a film with little on its mind, content to scare rubberneckers into contemplating the backstory of the more outlandish body manipulation jobs they’ve seen in public. A documentary would have sufficed. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

May 28, 2013

It's made with gusto, but there's little dramatic interest for non-enthusiasts. Read full review

Joshua Rothkopf

May 28, 2013

The movie sags after Mary’s weak-willed acquiescence to crime, instantly turning her into a dull-eyed monster. You know her procedures are bound to stray from elective, but it’s hard to care. Read full review

Rex Reed

May 28, 2013

The acting is uniformly dreadful. The level of incompetence in both writing and direction is a scream. Read full review

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dajhorn

Sep 4, 2014

American Mary gets points for being a novel mix of revenge fantasy, torture porn, and deviant sexual fantasy. Katharine Isabelle gives a solid performance as lead actress, but the casting is otherwise hollow, and the cameos seem like pandering when they're probably meant to be a nod to theAmerican Mary gets points for being a novel mix of revenge fantasy, torture porn, and deviant sexual fantasy. Katharine Isabelle gives a solid performance as lead actress, but the casting is otherwise hollow, and the cameos seem like pandering when they're probably meant to be a nod to the body modification subculture. The plot gimmick works until the writers botch the last act with a failed attempt at a dramatic ending.… Expand

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glomman

Nov 1, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie goes from "alright" to "kinda cringe-y" with a dissatisfying ending. It's really a mess or anything, the journey "Mary" goes on from being a medicine student to making illegal cosmetic surgeries to *spoiler* mutilating her ex-professor is described well. It's just that I felt thoroughly bored, eventhough the movie is less than two hours long. If you are very interested in medicine or seeing how people modify their bodies, this can be somehting for you, but I'll probably never watch it again.… Expand

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Gumdrop

Apr 9, 2023

WTF did I just watch? Badly written. Badly acted. Terrible story. The only 2 redeeming parts of this movie are Katharine Isabelle and the body modification/suspension.

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OriginalDanger

May 29, 2022

American Mary is kinda a horror/thriller movie however I think it tries too hard .. The only good thing in the entire film is seeing the actress who plays Mary Mason because she's beautiful and the rest is boring and the gore's not that impressive either. Stay away from this film becauseAmerican Mary is kinda a horror/thriller movie however I think it tries too hard .. The only good thing in the entire film is seeing the actress who plays Mary Mason because she's beautiful and the rest is boring and the gore's not that impressive either. Stay away from this film because it's nothing special and one of the worst movies I've ever seen.… Expand

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