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MONEY
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Shot for just $0.5M β micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
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"If you can't find a friend... make one."
2003 1h 33m EN
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6.6TMDB Β· 746
DramaHorrorComedy
Synopsis
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A socially awkward veterinary assistant with a lazy eye and obsession with perfection descends into depravity after developing a crush on a boy with perfect hands.
βIf you can't find a friend... make one.β
Cast
Angela Bettis
May
Jeremy Sisto
Adam
Anna Faris
Polly
James Duval
Blank
Nichole Hiltz
Ambrosia
Kevin Gage
Papa
Merle Kennedy
Mama
Chandler Riley Hecht
Young May
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Lucky McKee
- Writers
- Lucky McKee
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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Fun facts πΏ
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MONEY
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Earned back only 53% of its budget on initial theatrical β a commercial disappointment on release.
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ERA
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Released 23 years ago.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Lucky McKee, shot by Steve Yedlin. Note their partnership β DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Jammes Luckett. Worth a dedicated listen after β most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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ERA
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Editor Debra Goldfield shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Angela Bettis and Jeremy Sisto and Anna Faris carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "If you can't find a friend... make one.".
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Lucky McKee directs. Steve Yedlin behind the camera. Jammes Luckett scores. Debra Goldfield cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Shot for just $0.5M β micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
- 2Earned back only 53% of its budget on initial theatrical β a commercial disappointment on release.
- 3Released 23 years ago.
- 4Directed by Lucky McKee, shot by Steve Yedlin. Note their partnership β DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Original score by Jammes Luckett. Worth a dedicated listen after β most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 6Editor Debra Goldfield shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 7Angela Bettis and Jeremy Sisto and Anna Faris carry the top of the cast.
- 8Marketing tagline: "If you can't find a friend... make one.".
- 9IMDB entry: tt0303361 β still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 10Classified under 19 themes, including "obsession", "difficult childhood", "bisexuality", "fetishism".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Steve Yedlin
- Original score
- Jammes Luckett
- Editing
- Debra Goldfield
- Production design
- Leslie Keel
- Costume design
- Marcelo PequeΓ±o
- Makeup / hair
- Randy Westgate
- Sound
- Erick Jolley
- Runtime
- 93 min Β· 1h 33m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $500,000
- Box office
- $264,349
- Return
- 53% of budget
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- R
- IMDB
- May (2003)
Awards
- Sitges Film Festival Best Screenplay award
- Sitges Film Festival Best Actress award
Individual records documented via Wikidata; the summary above may count more.
Also by
Lucky McKee
Stills Β· wallpapers
Selected frames
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Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
- A
A Loopy Production LLC
- 2
2 Loop Films
Key crew
- ProducerMaryus Vaysberg
- Executive ProducerEric Koskin
- ProducerScott Sturgeon
- Executive ProducerJohn Veague
- EditorDebra Goldfield
- EditorRian Johnson
- EditorChris Sivertson
- Still PhotographerSheryll Coulon
- Co-ProducerRichard Middleton
- CastingShannon Makhanian
- Special Effects Makeup ArtistRandy Westgate
- Assistant Makeup ArtistTanja Hrast
- Key Makeup ArtistEva Lohse
- Special Effects Makeup ArtistEva Lohse
- Key Makeup ArtistKatalin Urszuly
- Key Hair StylistWendy Southard
- Assistant Makeup ArtistElizabeth Villamarin
- Unit Production ManagerRichard Middleton
- Post Production SupervisorSusan Wichmann
- Property MasterScott Nifong
- GafferJaron Presant
- Second Unit Director of PhotographyJaron Presant
- Music SupervisorLucky McKee
- First Assistant DirectorBrad Arnold
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- obsession
- difficult childhood
- bisexuality
- fetishism
- childhood trauma
- imaginary friend
- murder
- loneliness
- serial killer
- female protagonist
- doll
- mental illness
- lgbt
- character study
- socially awkward
- independent film
- dry humor
- lazy eye
- admiring
Release history Β· US
When it landed
- Premiere2002-01-13Β· Sundance Film Festival
- Theatrical (limited)2003-06-03R
- Physical2003-07-15RΒ· DVD
Also known as
International titles
- May La MuΓ±ena DiabolicaSV
- ΠΡΠΉRU
