Here are review links for this film submitted by our members:
- Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Oscar winner Octavia Spencer slumming it in this “Carrie” crossed with “Friday the 13th” creepfest gentrifies this hoot of a horror movie…”Ma” sneaks up on you.
- Herman Dhaliwal @ Cinema Sanctum
- Excerpt: It doesn’t have the depth that it seems to reach for, but Octavia Spencer makes for a fantastic character.
- James Jay Edwards @ FilmFracture
- Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: This is a compelling character study. Actress Octavia Spencer extracts both pathos and absurdity from the screenplay.
- MaryAnn Johanson @ FlickFilosopher.com
- Excerpt: A bargain-bin cockadoodie pseudo-Misery, a disgraceful waste of the brilliant Octavia Spencer. Has no interest in women’s pain and trauma even as it appropriates it for entertainment purposes.
- [New] | Jeremy Kibler @ The Artful Critic
- Excerpt: As Ma goes off the rails, “Ma” gets more wild and crazy, and yet, it still retains a macabre sense of humor even as abs are ironed and lips are sewn shut.
- Oktay Kozak @ Paste Magazine
- Brent McKnight @ The Seattle Times
- Excerpt: Campy and goofy, vicious and bloody, if that sounds like a good time, you might have a lot of fun partying with “Ma,” even if you won’t remember much tomorrow.
- Aaron Neuwirth @ We Live Entertainment
- Excerpt: The fun in this film comes from watching a terrific off-kilter performance from Octavia Spencer matched against a group of kids you’d only want to root for on moral terms because all of their actions are incredibly dumb.
- frank ochieng @ ScreenAnarchy
- Excerpt: …this schmaltzy showcase of surrogate Mommy Meanest never materializes beyond its cheapened B-movie transparent terror…feels mechanical and familiar and never really taps effectively into its inherent cynical silliness.
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