Give Me Pity!

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Give Me Pity!

Released Mar 3, 2023

1h 20m

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Mystery & Thriller

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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.

Marina Ashioti

Little White Lies

A unique vision, but sadly less than the sum of its parts.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 11, 2023

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

A genuinely strange and unsettling creation whose meaning and form can’t quite be pinned down.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 7, 2023

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

AWFJ.org

One of the boldest filmmakers working today, with Give Me Pity! Kramer demonstrates she is only going from strength to strength.

Feb 11, 2022

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Edward Porter

Sunday Times (UK)

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.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 13, 2023

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Dulcie Pearce

The Sun (UK)

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.

Nov 11, 2023

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Martin Unsworth

Starburst

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.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 6, 2023

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Hugo S

"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.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

11/02/24

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Timothy P

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.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/22/25

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Mad Poet Society

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.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/21/23

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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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