The read
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 21m.
Synopsis
Pauline, a disturbed, outcast teenager, has a fascination with surgery and experiences violent, psychosexual fantasies, all while aspiring to a career in medicine.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes85%
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
620 audience votes
Key crew
- Richard Bates Jr.Director
- Richard Bates Jr.Writer
- Steve Damstra IIOriginal Music Composer
- Mads HeldtbergOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- AnnaLynne McCordPauline
- Traci LordsPhyllis
- Ariel WinterGrace
- Roger BartBob
- Jeremy SumpterAdam
- John WatersWilliam
- Malcolm McDowellMr. Cooper
- Marlee MatlinAmber
- Matthew Gray GublerMr. Claybaugh
- Ray WisePrincipal Campbell
- Molly McCookNatalie
- Natalie DreyfussAbigail
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Themes
first timesurgeonloss of virginityteenage girldomineering motherawkwardnesssocial outcastlung transplant