Alt horror about a Seattle surgery drop-out is a mediocre specimen of the Canadian kinky flesh genre of "Antiviral," "Crash" and "Kissed." End credits say "For Eli Roth."

| Jun 27, 2013

Sexy and delightfully deadpan, Katharine Isabelle absolutely kills it as loner med student Mary, so passionate about perfecting her surgical skills that she spends her evenings suturing turkey flesh.

| Jun 14, 2013

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.

| May 31, 2013

Given its many failings, nothing short of an extreme makeover could save American Mary. Scalpel, please.

| Original Score: 1/5 | May 31, 2013

The filmmakers certainly exaggerate (i.e. exploit) their subject, but for a community that prides itself on shock value, there seems no sufficient alternative.

| May 31, 2013

This is truly a cut above.

| May 31, 2013

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

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | May 31, 2013

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

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 31, 2013

Combines gore, quiet dread, feminist conviction and a visual classicism, often using a red palette, with impressive, unbelabored dexterity.

| Original Score: 5/5 | May 30, 2013

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

| Original Score: 0/4 | May 29, 2013

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

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 28, 2013

American Mary is a mostly gore-and-freakiness delivery system, and that's 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.

| May 28, 2013

If these loose threads and underdeveloped aspects leave American Mary less than fully satisfying, it's still a novel ride that confidently mixes horror, humor and offbeat character fillips.

Full Review | Jan 22, 2013

Once in a while, a mould-breaking horror movie signals the arrival of a unique talent: doubly so in this case, since this bracingly perverse 'body modification' tale was made by Canadian twins Jen and Sylvia Soska, aka the Twisted Sisters.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 22, 2013

There's a Coney Island freak show feel to the horrors that unfold, and for a putative self-empowerment tract, it often feels gigglishly prurient.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jan 11, 2013

The Soska sisters, rightly dubbed the Twisted Twins, have plenty of ideas alright, but are never very certain how to fulfil them cinematically.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 11, 2013

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

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 10, 2013