Review of Mama (2013) by Francisco G — 09 Jul 2013

I like when a horror flick tries to do something new with those said "rules" that are so infamously stated on some of the classic masterpieces.

Mama triest that and it works surprisingly well for the first two thirds of the movie. The mistery was well handled, the question as to what was this entity was being good, the slow apparitions were chilling, well pulled jump scares and atmospheric bits, lush cinematography and some decent acting.

Unfortunently when we get to the last act, all of the good bits are contradicted by some way that is just not that good. We get to see waaaay too much of ghost, turning it into a silly antagonist, the story crumbles and stops making much sense when you think too hard, the ending is just awkward and with so many tone shifts that you just don't really know what to feel in the end, the character motivations lack any discernible explanation, amongst other things.

But for the most part, Mama works and holds nice perspectives for Andrés Muschietti future.