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Give Me Pity!

Play trailer 0:59 Poster for Give Me Pity! Released Mar 3, 2023 1h 20m Comedy Musical Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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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 A unique vision, but sadly less than the sum of its parts. Rated: 3/5 Nov 11, 2023 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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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 Full Review 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 nor clever store, this would be terrific but not as is. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 05/11/24 Full Review Ava This movie makes its point in the first monologue and then proceeds to beat that D.O.A. horse for the rest of what will be the longest and most fruitless 80 minutes of your life. The "twist" is comically terrible. Everything about this movie tries so hard to be artistic while having absolutely nothing original to say. I feel like this movie was made for people who want to seem deep but don't really understand metaphor and so need to be bashed over the head with it for the full length of a movie before they can come away with what amounts to a very normative take on fame and performance. The only reason I gave it one star instead of 1/2 of a star is that the dancers were very good. They don't deserve the negative review. Unfortunately every bit of the rest of this movie does. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 06/03/23 Full Review 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 Full Review 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
Irving Harvey, Smudge Films, 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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