Excision

2012 • 81 minutes

About this movie

Alienated teen Pauline (AnnaLynne McCord of TV's 90210, TV's NIP/TUCK) struggles with the pressures of fitting into high school, pleasing her mother (Traci Lords of BLADE, ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO) and a burning desire to lose her virginity. With a grotesque curiosity for the darker side of life, Pauline is considered a social outcast by everyone around her. Enticed by flesh, she retreats into her own fantasies and hopes to become a great surgeon - that is, if she doesn't go insane first. Also starring John Waters (HAIRSPRAY), Malcolm McDowell (A CLOCKWORK ORANGE), and Ariel Winter (TV's MODERN FAMILY).

Ratings and reviews

This movie sucked. It was so incredibly stupid & a waste of not only my money, but my time. The ending was so abrupt, you thought there would be something else added, but nope. I'm really surprised that the person that wrote this movie got it picked up and that a movie studio (or whomever funded the movie) actually gave money for it to be made. It's sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo not worth it. I only say this so you don't waste your money too. Oh, and I give it a 1 out of 5 stars because 1 is the lowest. I think a 1 is way too generous. Thanks!

Worthy of rental, but not purchase (even for a mere $1 more); I wouldn't consider this rewatchable. A few (dark) funny moments, many uncomfortable moments, and then that sinking feeling as you realize exactly where the story has been headed the whole time. When the credits roll, your memory might rewind a few scenes to the clear—and now disturbing—foreshadowing. The gore feels well-placed with the overall tone of the film; seemingly not going for shock value, but rather with purpose. Visual style is almost whimsically macabre. Colour saturation and composition is quite interesting. Music/ambient score during fetishistic fantasy scenes fits very well. Some of the back-and-forth A-shot/B-shot conversations seemed poorly edited together, and the first 10–20 minutes seemed very rushed, but the rest of the film flowed well. They even managed to evoke some genuine sympathy for the main character at one point, which I didn't see coming. Probably 3.5/5 stars, but I'll give it a 4 due to enjoyed visuals.

Dont know why this is getting such high marks unless everyone in it has rated it a 5. Boring nerd girl has weird hallucinations. Creeps everyone around her out acting like the little girl from the Adams Family, and finally has a flip out gore scene at the VERY END of the movie. Tedious and boring.