Mayday Review: The Young Women in This Feminist Fantasy Don t Need Rescuing Mayday Review: The Young Women in This Feminist Fantasy Don t Need Rescuing
Karen Cinorre is a natural world-builder, creating an evocative parallel world in which one-dimensional characters fight back against male oppression.
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Director: Karen Cinorre
With: Grace Van Patten, Mia Goth, Soko, Havana Rose Liu, Juliette Lewis, Théodore Pellerin, Frano Mašković, Zlatko Buric.
Running time: Running time: 100 MIN.
Sam Levy
Like the Sirens of Greek mythology dolled up in Wes Anderson-esque Girl Scout uniforms, the four young women in Karen Cinorre’s stylish yet surface-level feminist fantasy “Mayday” lure off-screen soldiers to their deaths with invented pleas for help. “They can’t resist a lady in distress,” says Marsha (Mia Goth), coaching newcomer Ana (Grace Van Patten) on how to craft an enticing SOS call. “They like their girls softer,