Directed by:
Richard Bates Jr.Screenplay:
Richard Bates Jr.Cinematography:
Itay GrossCast:
AnnaLynne McCord, Ariel Winter, Roger Bart, Traci Lords, Jeremy Sumpter, John Waters, Malcolm McDowell, Matthew Gray Gubler, Marlee Matlin, Mike Starr (more)VOD (1)
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Excision is the story of Pauline (AnnaLynne McCord), a delusional teenage outcast. Pauline picks scabs. Pauline dissects road kill. Pauline fantasizes about performing surgery on strangers. Her fascinations disturb her schoolmates and her parents, Phyllis (Traci Lords) and Bob (Roger Bart). No one understands Pauline except for Grace (Ariel Winter), her younger sister who suffers from cystic fibrosis. An outcast at school and at home, Pauline is convinced that the best way to repair her estranged relationship with her family is to perform a risky operation to save her sister's life. (Monster Pictures)
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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.
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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.
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Excision offers insight into the rather unique mind of a high-school girl in the throes of puberty who hates her school, is obsessed with blood and wants to be a surgeon. And she is a little bit messed up in her head. The director drops her into a pretty American neighborhood where she is an unattractive, asocial outsider with fantasies and dreams that are visually interesting, but the viewer can’t make any sense of them because of their bizarre and distant feel. The film does not help the viewer understand its protagonist, but instead just keeps showing more and more conflicts between the girl and her mom, teacher, reverend, classmates, etc. Cameos by Malcolm McDowell and John Waters are nice, but not enough to save the movie. And though the ending is surprising, it does not shock as much as it wants to.
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