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Give Me Pity!

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Sissy St. Claire graces the small screen for her first ever television special, an evening full of music and laughter, glamour and entertainment! But Sissy's live event quickly begins to curdle into a psychedelic nightmare of vanity, insecurity and delusional ambition, provoked by the glowering presence of a mysterious masked man.

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Marina Ashioti Little White Lies 11/11/2023
3/5
A unique vision, but sadly less than the sum of its parts. Go to Full Review
Peter Bradshaw Guardian 11/07/2023
3/5
A genuinely strange and unsettling creation whose meaning and form can’t quite be pinned down. Go to Full Review
Alexandra Heller-Nicholas AWFJ.org 02/11/2022
One of the boldest filmmakers working today, with Give Me Pity! Kramer demonstrates she is only going from strength to strength. Go to Full Review
Edward Porter Sunday Times (UK) 11/13/2023
3/5
Watching the whole thing might be exhausting if you aren’t devoted to its exact type of camp artiness. Still, every section is inventive and alive. Go to Full Review
Dulcie Pearce The Sun (UK) 11/11/2023
Innovative and experimental, Sissy’s live unravelling is boundary-pushing. But it is also challenging to stick with when, at times, the bold film-making veers into being simply bizarre. Go to Full Review
Martin Unsworth Starburst 11/06/2023
4/5
It’s not an easy watch, you’ll either be drawn into the kitschiness or turned off by the awkwardness of the star who’s desperate for success and adoration and the alarmingly inappropriate skits. Go to Full Review
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Saint J @CountJackula Dec 29 Amazing work of art. Electric, musical, joyful, and ecstatic beginning that hints that all is not what it seems, as it descends into a rabbit hole of delusional female hysteria, insanity, and introspection. Mesmerizing. Haunts. Unsettles. I couldn't look away. I didn't know Bette Midler had a daughter. Would like to see her work more. The director/writer is very talented to boldly paint this vision. See more Ernest B @ErnestB Aug 16 It's like chat gpt tried to make late night with the devil. What the hell did I just watch? See more Hugo S @Hugo_Shudder 11/02/2024 "Give Me Pity!" presents us with a woman performing on a variety TV show with an 80's setting. The movie takes the viewer on a psychedelic trip to the enormous ego of a wannabe artist tirelessly seeking the love and attention from her audience. The insecurity of the TV host is obvious to the point of creating a live psychodrama that derails with every performance. Despite its unconventional visuals, the movie has no deep substance or character development beyond the repetitive scenes of exhaustive monologue. See more Timothy P @timop1919 05/11/2024 It was boring and had nothing to say but repeated that nothing over and over in bland skits, monologuing and songs that think they are social commentary but really are saying absolutely nothing. The star is trying so hard but the material is not worthy of her charms at all. I initially thought I might like this from it's campy tone but it kept dragging on for what felt like 12 hours of nothing. With better writing and/or clever satire, this would be terrific but not as is. See more Mad Poet Society 03/21/2023 It's particularly interesting when a film manages to subvert the expectations you might have at the beginning so thoroughly and compellingly. Before seeing this film, I knew nothing about either the writer or the main actress which, is probably one of the better ways to see this movie because it allows the audience to immerse themselves in the "world" created by the story. This is a very self-aware movie that requires patience to unravel all the layers presented here but, it definitely pays off. See it if you're looking for something different for a change. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Sissy St. Claire graces the small screen for her first ever television special, an evening full of music and laughter, glamour and entertainment! But Sissy's live event quickly begins to curdle into a psychedelic nightmare of vanity, insecurity and delusional ambition, provoked by the glowering presence of a mysterious masked man.
Director
Amanda Kramer
Producer
Sarah Winshall, Jake Agger, Amanda Kramer, Benjamin Shearn
Screenwriter
Amanda Kramer
Distributor
Utopia
Production Co
Smudge Films, Irving Harvey, Neon Heart Productions
Genre
Comedy, Musical, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 3, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 7, 2023
Runtime
1h 20m
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