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In the prologue to "Mama," we learn of a shooting at a financial firm after an economic crash. A distraught executive named Lucas ( Nikolaj Coster-Waldau from "Game of Thrones") arrives home, quickly collects his two young daughters, Victoria and Lilly, and speeds off.
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Jan 18, 2013 · 64% Tomatometer 168 Reviews 55% Audience Score 100,000+ Ratings On the day that their parents die, sisters Lilly and Victoria vanish in the woods, prompting a frantic search by their Uncle...
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- Andy Muschietti
- PG-13
- Jessica Chastain
Jan 18, 2013 · In an age of werewolves, hormonal vampires and endless sequels, horror movies have lost some edge. But Mama, starring Jessica Chastain, is an entertaining step in the right — which is to say ...
Jan 18, 2013 · The movie is shot very well, creepy dark gloom and one especially cool flashback. The acting is for the most part serviceable if not solid. Jessica Chastain in particular does well with the material (better than the morose standing about and pouting we got to see from her in ZDT).
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- Andy Muschietti
- PG-13
- 2 min
- Guillermo del Toro brings a clash of the Mamas!
- Verdict
By Scott Collura
Updated: Nov 24, 2018 6:50 pm
Posted: Jan 17, 2013 11:16 pm
Mother issues -- and mothers with issues -- are nothing new to the horror genre. You've got the moms who torture and haunt (Norman Bates' mommy, Carrie's overzealous matriarch, Pamela Voorhees) and the moms who get haunted (Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby, The Omen's Lee Remick, Ellen Burstyn by way of Regan MacNeil). And now, with executive-producer Guillermo del Toro's moody and unsettling Mama, we have a mother who haunts another mother!
It's a battle of the selfish Mamas, this film, with one woman reaching from beyond the grave to take care of the children she has no right to be with, and the other woman (Zero Dark Thirty's Jessica Chastain) -- the rightful, you know, alive parental figure -- wanting to more or less escape the drudgery of the domestic life that these kids have forced upon her.
It all starts with Game of Thrones' Kingslayer, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, as Jeffrey, absconding away with his two young daughters in a fit of madness, murder and planned suicide. They wind up in a cabin in the frozen woods (so many cabins in the woods in these movies!), where a mysterious, unearthly force lurches out of the shadows and disposes of him, saving the two girls. It's Mama!
This is a fine first film for director Andres Muschietti and, despite some missteps and disappointments, very well could be a harbinger of interesting things to come for the helmer. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Talk to Senior Editor Scott Collura on Twitter at @ScottIGN, on IGN at scottcollura and on Facebook.
Parents need to know that Mama is a horror movie starring Jessica Chastain and produced by Guillermo Del Toro. It's very light on blood and gore, but there are lots of powerfully scary, spooky images, as well as scenes of young children in danger.
Jan 15, 2013 · Mama: Film Review. Jessica Chastain stars in an elegantly made little horror film from executive producer Guillermo del Toro and first-time director Andy Muschietti.
