American Mary

"Practically guaranteed a lasting cult status."

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

"A novel ride that confidently mixes horror, humor and offbeat character fillips."

"Fine if it's your thing, especially if you don't mind a frustrating plot that doesn't conclude so much as suture itself shut."

"The movie sags after Mary's weak-willed acquiescence to crime, instantly turning her into a dull-eyed monster."

"Combines gore, quiet dread, feminist conviction and a visual classicism... with impressive, unbelaboured dexterity."

"It's a truly interesting slasher fest; in this one, the heroine gets to be both beauty and beast."

"Writer-director siblings Jen and Sylvia Soska allow their film to turn slack and unfocused after an enticingly lurid, wickedly tense first half."

"The twisted-surgeon story is a tried-and-true horror-movie trope, but American Mary makes the genre feel original again..."

"Writer-directors Jen and Sylvia Soska don't seem to have their material completely under control, but they've created a worthy entry in the Freaks school of cult cinema."

"Alt horror about a Seattle surgery dropout is a mediocre specimen of the Canadian kinky flesh genre of Antiviral, Crash and Kissed."