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By Drew Mcweeny (622) for HitFix (861) on 17 Jan 2013

there is a sadness that ultimately defines who or what 'Mama' really is, and that seems more important than the scares…

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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 17 Jan 2013

Though Mama doesn't work, it has the ghost of a good idea at its core…

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By Chris Hewitt (2,086) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 17 Jan 2013

There is a kind of horror movie that bashes you in the head, and there is a kind of horror movie that creeps into your imagination…

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By Scott Collura (72) for IGN Movies (1,472) on 17 Jan 2013

An atmospheric and stylish -- if not always smart -- ghost story…

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By Mary Pols (197) for Time (1,811) on 17 Jan 2013

Mama is clumsily written and choppily edited, but Chastain doesn't have a bad scene in it, and you can see why she chose to be in this supernatural…

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By Joe Neumaier (1,294) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 17 Jan 2013

If you're going to have a ghost in your movie, it might be a good thing to present a viable alternative to that ghost…

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By Erik Mcclanahan (15) for The Playlist (3,871) on 17 Jan 2013

By the time the ridiculous child psychologist character encounters a government employee with a convenient bounty of useful information, Mama…

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By Ed Gonzalez (1,102) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 16 Jan 2013

The premise isn't even worthy of executive producer Guillermo del Toro, who will apparently lend his name to any film as long as it fulfills…

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By Brad Miska (152) for Bloody Disgusting (327) on 16 Jan 2013

Mama' is horror film loaded with great ideas and multiple scares, but it's deflated by horrendous CGI and ridiculous exposition…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Tribune News Service (1,102) on 16 Jan 2013

Horror is all about that short-circuit the screen's technical manipulations cause in our brain, so this isn't high art…

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By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 16 Jan 2013

Producer Del Toro elevates this mediocre horror picture with decent if familiar scares and good technical values…

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By Emily Rome (1) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 16 Jan 2013

Nothing in the movie is quite original, yet Muschietti, expanding his original short, knows how to stage a rip-off with frightening verve…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Variety (12,700) on 16 Jan 2013

Mama, for all her digital and prosthetic creepiness, is finally a bit of a bore…

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By Todd Mccarthy (1,810) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 16 Jan 2013

Mama represents a throwback and a modest delight for people who like a good scare but prefer not to be terrorized or grossed out…

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By Tasha Robinson (753) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 16 Jan 2013

Plenty of horror movies are willing to settle for making audiences jump…

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By Melissa Anderson (387) for Village Voice (8,525) on 15 Jan 2013

Mama never delivers the primal terror its premise would suggest…

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By Keith Uhlich (870) for Time Out (7,510) on 15 Jan 2013

Expertly conjured atmosphere only gets Muschietti so far, but there's enough genuine promise here that you're willing to cut this talented…

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By Jason Gorber (520) for ScreenAnarchy (469) on 15 Jan 2013

Stylish and unflinching debut by Andrés Muschietti, complete with an unforgettable ending that's refreshingly honest and brutal...Very much…

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By Rex Reed (1,506) for Observer (1,042) on 15 Jan 2013

Trading in her red locks for kohl-lined eyes like a raccoon and the vampire look of Rooney Mara in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, [Chastain]…

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