Mayday

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Mayday

Released Oct 1, 2021

1h 40m

Drama

Fantasy

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Ana (Grace Van Patten) finds herself transported to a dreamlike and dangerous coastline. Once there, she joins a female army engaged in a never-ending war where the women lure men to their deaths with radio signals, like 20th century sirens. Though Ana finds strength in this exhilarating world, she comes to realize she is not the killer they want her to be.

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Critics Consensus

Viewers may not be left sending out distress calls, but despite interesting ideas and a solid setup, Mayday leaves a frustrating amount of potential untapped.

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Roxana Hadadi

Polygon

Filmmaker Karen Cinorre's initially provocative vision of misandrist vengeance at least makes Mayday worth a look.

Oct 9, 2021

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Christy Lemire

FilmWeek (LAist)

It's an interesting cast and it's a beautiful film. Kind of falls apart by the end, but I liked it for a while.

Oct 5, 2021

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Tomris Laffly

RogerEbert.com

Despite a strong ensemble of actors and some impressive photography, Mayday drowns inside its own overambitions.

Rated: 2/4

Oct 1, 2021

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Lindsey Romain

Nerdist

Despite a clunky final act that over-explains in a way that ultimately just confuses its theme of female empowerment and revenge, Mayday really makes an impression.

Rated: 2.5/5

Feb 14, 2024

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Bill Bria

Vague Visages

What helps make Mayday a riveting experience rather than an obnoxious experimental exercise is the cast and crew Cinorre puts together.

Jun 7, 2023

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Alessandra Rangel

InSession Film

The movie offers two prominent points of view, and some clever musings about being a woman in today’s world, that make it a fun and inspiring entry in the feminist catalog.

Rated: B

Mar 13, 2023

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Paul S

The film's strong message was overshadowed by a poor story. It wasn't the worst movie I've ever seen but I didn't enjoy it. This one is better left unwatched.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/16/25

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Mary J

A dark, surreal fantasy movie. Interesting premise, great acting, gorgeously shot.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/21/23

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Alex G

Not a particularly exciting film with some good bits. You follow the main character who opens the film in a sad life being bullied by a bad man, there's a power cut and main character runs downstairs, into the breaker board, then climbs into an oven, which drops her into the sea. This bit was quite cool, because now we're on an island with some sort of quirky 1940esque sirens who are luring men to their deaths in storms or shooting/stabbing them slightly offscreen to presumably save on trouble for the filmmaker. With this it's got quite an exciting and not often done sort of twist but it throws it all away because the film just loves itself too much and assumes it can carry far too much. You've got complicated group dynamics, main character not wanting to murder men, co-protagonist being a bit of a nutter, main character wanting to murder men, female solidarity, female division all loosely tied together in a sort of wandering storyline where tthere's dollops of "does this make sense or do I not understand *the art*" The camera work is pretty good, beautiful, and a lot of the acting from the main characters pretty excellent. Sort of worth a watch if you're doing the ironing and there's not a re-run of Corrie on the tv.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

08/16/23

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Felipe O

A transfixing feminist fever dream that takes the viewer to unexpected places. The setting, direction and performances are all top notch.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/22/23

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Audience Member

Mayday has a promising and interesting start, only to somehow unravel into an almost musical about a war between boys and girls. Not really sure what deep truth they were trying to communicate, because the film definitely isn't fun.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Audience Member

The dancing with the men and the chics in the water was super stupid. Makde the movie super stupid.. did someone just want to try and make it a partial musical?

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Synopsis

Ana (Grace Van Patten) finds herself transported to a dreamlike and dangerous coastline. Once there, she joins a female army engaged in a never-ending war where the women lure men to their deaths with radio signals, like 20th century sirens. Though Ana finds strength in this exhilarating world, she comes to realize she is not the killer they want her to be.

Director: Karen Cinorre
Producer: Jonah Disend, Lucas Joaquin, Karen Cinorre, Sam Levy
Screenwriter: Karen Cinorre
Distributor: Magnolia Pictures
Production Co: Queen's Army, Magnolia Pictures, Complementary Colors, Secret Engine
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 1, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 1, 2021
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.7K
Runtime: 1h 40m

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