Rotten
The problem is that [the] movie barely meets the minimum generic requirements, and thus comes off as pretentious for presuming to hover so airily above them.
Adam Nayman, Globe and Mail
Overview
Guillermo del Toro presents Mama, a supernatural thriller that tells the haunting tale of two little girls who disappeared into the woods the day that their parents were killed. When they are rescued years later and begin a new life, they find that someone or something still wants to come tuck them in at night.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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64%
Tomatometer
Fresh
[The movie] has more integrity than its creepshow peers. The story basically comes down to a dead-looking woman who doesn't want to be a mother fighting for parental custody against a long-dead woman who does. (Grad students, start your theses.)
Wesley Morris, Grantland
Fresh
By splitting the action between several different characters and locations, the plot dissipates the suspense and lacks focus, as if it has been bolted together from disparate, ill-fitting pieces.
Nigel Floyd, Time Out
Fresh
Screenplay contrivances aside, it's as stylish and atmospheric as modern horror gets.
Drew Hunt, Chicago Reader
Rotten
Even if the beats are familiar, Muschietti sustains a remarkable mood throughout: wintry, elemental and stark, like a late Sylvia Plath poem.
Dana Stevens, Slate
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