American Mary (2012)

The allure of easy money sends Mary Mason, a medical student, into the world of underground surgeries which ends up leaving more marks on her than her so called "freakish" clients.

Directors:

Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska

Writers:

Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska

Stars:

Katharine Isabelle, Antonio Cupo, Tristan Risk

15 wins & 9 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Katharine Isabelle	...	Mary Mason
Antonio Cupo	...	Billy Barker
Tristan Risk	...	Beatress Johnson
David Lovgren	...	Dr. Grant
Paula Lindberg	...	Ruby Realgirl
Clay St. Thomas	...	Dr. Walsh (as Clay St Thomas)
John Emmet Tracy	...	Detective Dolor
Twan Holliday	...	Lance Delgreggo
Nelson Wong	...	Dr. Black
Sylvia Soska	...	Twin #1
Jen Soska	...	Twin #2
Paul Anthony	...	Rat
Sean Amsing	...	Security Guard
Travis Watters	...	Mr. Realgirl
Marius Soska	...	Dr. Janusz

Storyline

The allure of easy money sends Mary Mason, a medical student, into the world of underground surgeries which ends up leaving more marks on her than her so called 'freakish' clients.

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Plot Keywords:

torture | body modification | medical student | twin | unlicensed physician | 

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Taglines:

Appearances are everything

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Genres:

Drama | Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong aberrant violent content including disturbing images, torture, a rape, sexual content, graphic nudity, language and brief drug use

Did You Know?

Trivia

Tristan Risk patterned her voice after Ellen Greene.

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Goofs

At 13 minutes into the film, When Mary grabs the phone from the table you can see that the $100 bill on top of the cash stack has the wrong picture on it. It should be Benjamin Franklin but it is some other guy.

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Quotes

Lance Delgreggo: Don't you ever devalue what you do, Mary. You make sure they deserve it, and don't waste a minute of your time thinking about them when you're done.

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Crazy Credits

Post Production Puppies: Bailey, Thunderbolt, Lightfoot

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Connections

References Audition (1999)

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Soundtracks

My Suicide
written by Taryn Murphy, Ronnie DiCicco and Francesco De Santi
sung by Luisa Pepe
courtesy Cymba Music Publishing, Gabesco Music Publishing, Taryn Murphy & Ronald DiCicco

User Reviews

I watched this just to see Katharine Isabelle.

There's no doubt she is by far my favorite actress and all started when I watched Ginger Snaps. In my opinion she is definitely an underrated actress who's acted in several movies but few of them have played such an important role in her acting career like this one and of course Ginger Snaps. American Mary is a well-developed movie that I very much liked it because it combines blood, flesh, drama and a good storyline with such a great acting from Katharine Isabelle besides I must confess that I'm totally delighted by her work, I really but really loved it. The movie is interesting from beginning to end, funny at times but mostly intense and what I liked the most was the evolution of Mary, at first you're gonna see a student, pretty and very smart living alone, working and doing little things in order to get some money but you'll end up seeing someone totally different, a girl with no fears, vindictive but mainly unstable. Well, in case I hadn't said enough I wanna add the fact that unlike the typical gore movies where you'll only see deaths and blood with no sense, American Mary has a very good storyline about revenge.

Now you might be wondering why after this review I gave only 8 stars out of 10 and that's because of the ending, I didn't like it but I'm not sure if another one could have been better. Anyway, it's worth watching.

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

Canada

Language:

English Hungarian German

Release Date:

11 January 2013 (UK)

Also Known As:

American Mary

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

IndustryWorks Pictures, American Mary Productions, Evolution Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1