Review of Mama (2013) by Steven J — 18 Feb 2018
Megan Charpentier and Isabelle Nélisse have promising careers in this horror!
This movie starts with a long sequence of drawings that are fairly bizarre and then we are hit with the plot of the show which is enticing. Megan Charpentier and Isabelle Nélisse's performance throughout the movie is gripping and professional, a lot of people will recognise Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as dastardly Jamie from Game of Thrones but he is out-acted here (but he is good in his role as well as Jessica Chastain.
The story is fairly slow for a lot of audiences and there aren't any particular 'jump scares' that are thrown at the audience, there are lots of subtle hints in there and important parts that build up to what I thought a good finale. A lot of people I feel will struggle to understand the ending and with the slow build up if they haven't got into that I can imagine that the ending will leave people feeling they want more.
Not your typical horror movie but as a fairly modern horror I thought it was interesting and worthy;.
Pro Negative.
+ Emotional Ending - CGI Looks Dated.
+ Solid Acting - Story Can Be Slow.
+ Less Cliche Than Other Horror Flicks.
This review of Mama (2013) was written by Steven J on 18 Feb 2018.
Mama has generally received mixed reviews.
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