Excision

Uma visão da mente muito singular de uma adolescente de liceu que odeia a sua escola, é obcecada por sangue e quer ser cirurgiã. E a sua cabeça está um pouco desarrumada. O diretor coloca-a num agradável bairro americano, como uma outsider anti-social pouco atraente, com ideias e sonhos visualmente interessantes, mas que o espetador não consegue compreender ou com os quais não encontra nenhuma ligação devido à sua bizarrice e afastamento. Assim, o filme não satisfaz a compreensão do espetador sobre a personagem e é antes uma série de mais e mais conflitos entre a protagonista e a sua mãe, professora, reverendo, colegas de turma, etc. Os mini-papéis de Malcolm McDowell e John Waters são uma delícia, mas não elevam o filme mais alto. E o final surpreende, mas não choca tanto como quer. (21/10/2018)

Ha! I was expecting some sort of serious and oppressive dose of insanity, but in the end it’s a light-hearted joke. The performances are perfect, and so are the dream sequences, visually and artistically. The plot is absent, basically, you only wait for the protagonist to stop being a perverted psychopath in a cute innocent way and get tougher. She does gets a little tougher in the end, but it wouldn’t have mattered if she hadn’t, the film would still be likeable. In my opinion, one of the most distinctive additions to the genre this year (even if it fails to meet the expectations of classic horror fans). Only a few of us will be satisfied. (06/10/2012)

Few would have said about the model-faced AnnaLynne McCord that after a few series, it would be time for her to play some of those human monsters, too. AnnaLynne is super sexy in Nip/Tuck, 90210, and Dallas, but along with all those perfect beauties with hearts on their sleeves, she's also Pauline - a teen with a blood fetish who not only doesn't look attractive, she acts like a total retard and no one would even lean a bike on her at school. Yet even with this appearance and total outsider behavior, the lovely Pauline will achieve all the goals she has set for herself. Whether it's losing her virginity during menstruation or getting spare organs for her sister. And of course, we have the great famous former actress Traci Lords as her mother. It couldn't be more ironic than this. (16/11/2014)