Review of ma ma (2015) by I-Onell S — 01 Oct 2016

I so wanted to like this movie. It starts out so strong, but the reactions to real life changing events were too unnatural to be taken seriously which really detracted from the like ability of the movie as a whole.

Penelope Cruz who played Magda was fantastic; I loved her character a lot! Was kinda sad when the script had her react so oddly during the later part of the film. Her son Dani who was played by Teo Planel was great as well.

Asier Etxeandia who played her doctor Julian was too hard to believe. I know she wasn't being treated for breast cancer in the United States in the movie but still... His methodology was antiquated and hard to believe.

All in all its not a bad movie. It had some cute points. I wasn't fast forwarding through through the movie, but I was feeling they could have done a better job researching the protocol for fighting advanced breast cancer to make it feel more authentic.