3.0 out of 5 stars
"Slap me Some Skin Honey Bee"....,, Nov 6 2008
This review is from: Sick Girl (DVD)
For the record, I had also seen Lucky McKee's directorial debut, MAY and thought it was a wonderful movie! A strangely perfect mix of horror, romance and drama. Angela Bettis plays beyond godly in that film. McKee's SICK GIRL is a so-so entry in the series, but you'll most likely see better episodes.
Again, you'll meet Angela Bettits who plays Ida, a nerdy entomologist who sexual preference is for the home team. Heartbroken and frustrated that yet another woman has left her because of her love for insects, Ida is hesitant to advance on an equally shy, young woman seems to have a crush on her. Still irked about her love life, Ida returns home one night only to find a mysterious package left on her doorstep. The box contains a peculiar fist-sized insect that instantly intrigues the scientist, as she has never seen such a specimen. Pestered and persuaded by her co-worker Max (Jesse Hllubik) to ask the mystery girl out, Ida eventually proceeds and successfully snags a date from the introverted cutie named Misty, (Erin Brown) after days of parting glances. The awkward tension on their first date is thick enough to slice with a putty knife, and while they do make it to Ida's, the night is relived with some straight-up whisky to loosen the inhibitions.
I personally thought Angela Bettis makes a great quirky lead, but her voices was sort of scary. What I mean by that is one moment she sounds feminine and the other times she sounds like a dude. I fine her to be a great actress who is very poised for an interesting career in independent films. Erin Brown, who is best known for direct-to-video, Seduction Cinema dreck under the name Misty Mundae, actually shows a glimmer of acting ability. While the baby-faced, blue-eyed, jailbait act is cute, she looks better with her shirt on. Fans of the scream queen should be pleased to know, however, that she does have some nudity here. When it boils down to the last act of the picture, it's Bettis who holds her own the best, as Brown can quite pull off the deranged infected wickedness her character goes through by the end. As a couple, the two have an interesting chemistry together, but I don't quite buy the attraction on-screen.
Co-scripted by McKee and Sean Hood, SICK GIRL is appropriately billed as a modernized 1950's mutant, big bug monster movie with lesbians. Sounds slightly better in writing then on screen if you ask me.
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