JELLY DOLLY could maybe be categorized as a horror film, but like many good works that fail to get the attention they deserve, it is really "sui generis". Yes, there are faults: some of the acting could be stronger, some scenes seem random and unnecessary, the basic conceit seems a bit derivative (of Cronenberg's VIDEODROME, with which it shares very little in other respects) yet this film is still an extraordinarily imaginative work, also a film which seems to be about what it is to experience the world as a woman in modern Britain, where an immense inner potential is untapped and goes unrecognized by most. It risks being incomprehensible to men (and maybe some women too) but for those who are familiar with works like THE WISE WOUND (a possible influence?) it is something to be valued highly. Hopefully the director will be able to make more films: she is highly visual and cinematic in her approach. All in all, this film, which I saw more or less by chance, is really quite something.
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