History Film / May

* CompanionCube: A darker example - May starts out (apparently, we don't know for sure) just pretending Suzie is real, but then she starts to actually believe it. Oh, and of course there's [[spoiler:Amy.]]

* EyeScream: [[spoiler:May gouges out her own eye with a pair of scissors in order to finish Amy.]]

* FrankensteinsMonster: [[spoiler: Amy.]]

* LegFocus: Ambrosia is considered to have nice legs InUniverse [[spoiler:to the point May uses them as parts for Amy.]]
* LipstickLesbian: Polly. She's very feminine and she likes dating women, including Ambrosia. Ambrosia also counts as this trope.

* WomanScorned: One of the driving forces behind May's descent into insanity is Adam dumping her, then finding out that her night together with Polly wasn't as meaningful as she'd though it was.

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Ambrosia]]. Unlike May's other victims, who do have ''some'' redeeming qualities, [[spoiler: Ambrosia's]] entire [[FlatCharacter character arc]] is just her being [[{{Jerkass}} bitch]] to [[TheWoobie May]] (who had ''tried'' to be polite to her) for seemingly no reason other than possible jealousy over Polly's affection for her. Suffice to say very few tears were shed for her demise.

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Ambrosia.]] Unlike May's other victims who do have ''some'' redeeming qualities, [[spoiler: Ambrosia's]] entire [[FlatCharacter character arc]] is just her being [[{{Jerkass}} bitch]] to [[TheWoobie May]] (who had ''tried'' to be polite to her) for seemingly no reason other than possible jealousy over Polly's affection for her. Suffice to say very few tears were shed for her demise.

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May Dove Canady (Bettis) is a lonely young woman who seeks to overcome her difficult childhood and develop some sort of meaningful connection with another human being. This is somewhat complicated by how [[ShrinkingViolet shy]], [[NoSocialSkills socially awkward]], and just plain weird she is. As each attempt fails, the already unstable May starts [[SanitySlippage going further and further down the rabbit hole]]...

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''May'' is a 2002 horror film written and directed by Lucky [=McKee=], starring Creator/AngelaBettis, Creator/JeremySisto, and Creator/AnnaFaris.

May Dove Canady (Bettis) a lonely young woman who seeks to develop some sort of meaningful connection with another human being. This is somewhat complicated by how [[ShrinkingViolet shy]], [[NoSocialSkills socially awkward]], and just plain weird she is. As each attempt fails, the already unstable May starts [[SanitySlippage going further and further down the rabbit hole]]...

* ShesGotLegs: Ambrosia again. [[spoiler:May certainly thinks so, too, and uses them as parts for Amy.]]

* ManicPixieDreamGirl: May isn't one, but both Adam and Polly ''think'' she is. Then her quirkiness stops being charming and becomes [[CreepyLonerGirl just plain weird]]... and things go downhill from there. The whole film can be seen as a {{deconstruct|edCharacterArchetype}}ion of this trope (as argued in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUJklyYhXkM this video]] by [[WebVideo/NeedsMoreGay Rantasmo]]), with Adam and Polly's fetishization of only certain things about May, and their leaving her when they realize that they don't like May as a whole person, reflected in how May [[spoiler:literally fetishizes only some of their body parts and dismembers them in order to create a "perfect friend" with only the things that she likes]].

* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Adam and May have a noticeable difference in size. There's even one scene where Adam is having to crouch down to meet May's eye level. The infamous hand nuzzling [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_0tpW_ATO4 scene]] ''his hand is bigger than her face''.

* AmbiguousDisorder: May is somehow autistic, schizophrenic or mentally impaired because of her [[NoSocialSkills severe lack of social skills]], fetish for blood, unusual behaviour and the fact that she considers her doll Suzie as her only true friend.

* AdultFear: The blind children briefly works with crawling on a floor covered with glass, cutting their hands and knees open.

* InstantlyProvenWrong: A pretty dark example. May is playing with a knife in the general direction of Polly's throat. Polly calmly leans up against her and says "It's OK. I know you would never hurt me, May." May then slits Polly's throat.

''May'' is a 2002 horror film written and directed by Lucky [=McKee=], starring Creator/AngelaBettis, Jeremy Sisto, and Creator/AnnaFaris.

* PsychopathicWomanchild: May's breakdowns [[spoiler: about her doll accidentally destroyed by the class of blind children and about her new "friend" Amy not moving]] are NotSoDifferent from that of a crying, petulant and upset child.

* ManicPixieDreamGirl: May isn't one, but both Adam and Polly ''think'' she is. Then her quirkiness stops being charming and becomes [[StrangeGirl just plain weird]]... and things go downhill from there. The whole film can be seen as a {{deconstruct|edCharacterArchetype}}ion of this trope (as argued in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUJklyYhXkM this video]] by [[WebVideo/NeedsMoreGay Rantasmo]]), with Adam and Polly's fetishization of only certain things about May, and their leaving her when they realize that they don't like May as a whole person, reflected in how May [[spoiler:literally fetishizes only some of their body parts and dismembers them in order to create a "perfect friend" with only the things that she likes]].

* FamousLastWords:
--> [[spoiler: Polly: "I know you would never hurt me, May'']]

* RealityEnsues: Let's face it, in any other movie, the disturbed young lady with [[NoSocialSkills poor social skills]] would probably find the void in her life [[ThePowerOfLove filled by working with disabled children.]] Here it just winds up in a bloody mess - literally!

* KidsAreCruel: As a child, May was ostracised by her classmates on her first day at school - simply because she wore an eyepatch.

* {{Adorkable}}: You just want to cuddle her and tell her how to interact in a socially acceptable manner...

* MeaningfulName: Polly is ''poly''amorous.

* PsychopathicWomanchild: May's breakdowns [[spoiler: about her doll accidentally destroyed by the class of blind children and about her new "friend" Amy not moving]] are not too dissimilar of a crying, petulant and upset child.

* PsychopathicWomanchild: May's breakdowns [[spoiler: about her doll accidentally destroyed by the class of blind children and about her new "friend" Amy not moving]] are not that dissimilar to that of a crying, petulant and upset child.

* LipstickLesbian: Polly. She's very feminine and she likes dating women, including Ambrosia.

* FriendToAllChildren: May. She jumps at the chance to do volunteer work with blind kids, during which she forms a brief bond with a young girl named Petey.

* FriendToAllChildren: May jumps at the chance to do volunteer work with blind kids, during which she forms a brief bond with a young girl named Petey.