Despite a clunky final act that over-explains in a way that ultimately just confuses its theme of female empowerment and revenge, Mayday really makes an impression.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Feb 14, 2024

What helps make Mayday a riveting experience rather than an obnoxious experimental exercise is the cast and crew Cinorre puts together.

| Jun 7, 2023

The movie offers two prominent points of view, and some clever musings about being a woman in today’s world, that make it a fun and inspiring entry in the feminist catalog.

| Original Score: B | Mar 13, 2023

As far as badass women crushing the patriarchy films go, "Mayday" is a fun, fantasy ride.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10 | Jun 21, 2022

Mayday is a unique and beautiful story that, despite the tangled plot, might inspire whoever allows themself to be swept up alongside Ana.

| Original Score: C+ | Mar 7, 2022

Although the film lacks the depth of theme and character it needs to fully and symbolically chart the 21st-century corrective course of gender equality, Cinorre’s passion shows through. She has an eye for young talent; its four principals are fiery.

| Feb 9, 2022

The movie awkwardly mixes heavy-handed preachiness about misogyny with incoherent storytelling wrapped in a war movie ... Simply put: Mayday is the type of movie that gives feminism a bad name.

| Jan 8, 2022

The premise is half-baked and not ready to be taken out of the oven.

| Original Score: C+ | Jan 6, 2022

The film is surreal at times, when switching from reality to fantasy and with a somewhat obvious overarching 'lesson' to be learnt, the story does lose its focus. However, Mayday does have some beautiful imagery, a cinematic setting and a fine cast.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 15, 2021

Some men may hate this artistic, visionary, and brilliantly original feminine fantasy -- so be sure to read critical reviews with that in mind.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 14, 2021

Filmmaker Karen Cinorre's initially provocative vision of misandrist vengeance at least makes Mayday worth a look.

| Oct 9, 2021

With a strong concept at its core, Mayday lacks any real development and only scratches the surface of something that could have been so much bigger and better.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Oct 7, 2021

Still, sticky as some possible readings of Mayday can be, it's perhaps a mistake to ascribe a concrete meaning to what is essentially meant to mimic a dream.

| Oct 6, 2021

It's just a shame the story doesn't have enough going for it to match up to its concept.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Oct 6, 2021

This is an interesting film, but I don't think it really succeeds. It's just so weird.

| Oct 5, 2021

It's an interesting cast and it's a beautiful film. Kind of falls apart by the end, but I liked it for a while.

| Oct 5, 2021

The subtle unreality [Writer-Director Karen Cinorre] imbues in each environment has a bewitching effect. Unfortunately, this also robs Mayday of a sense of stakes.

| Oct 4, 2021

Mayday is a pastiche of ideas, visuals, and sounds that are arranged so oddly, they never add up to anything of note.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Oct 4, 2021

Style surpasses substance in this muddled mix of science-fiction thriller and feminist revenge fantasy, which lacks the narrative audacity to match its provocative concept.

| Oct 2, 2021

[Karen] Cinorre's unforgettable fable expresses millennia of female rage.

| Oct 1, 2021