Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

Tockinit not horrible nor great

Teddie Blake The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Christophe Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

hrkepler 'Bloody Mama' is low budgeted gangster film directed by Roger Corman. It is a gritty B-movie loosely based on real life Ma Barker who ran The Barker Gang. Not the best gangster flick out there but interesting enough in its heavy exploitation sauce to give it a curious look. The film doesn't idolize the gangster lifestyle but rather showing them merciless sociopaths these kind of people actually were. Corman turns on another twist of sleaze with Ma Barker's incestuous relationship with her sons. Shelly Winters' larger-than-life performance as corruptive and disillusioned Ma Barker in the verge of insanity is just magnificent. Although the performance goes on the edge of hammy, but it is powerful play and undoubtedly entertaining. And one can't go without mentioning the immensely talented supporting cast with strong acting works - Bruce Dern, Pat Hingle, Diane Varsi, Scatman Crothers and Robert DeNiro in one his earliest roles as junky Lloyd Barker.Fast paced, energetic action ride about machine-gun toting mom who robs banks with her sons and speeding past depression era's '70s style supermarkets. Nice piece of enjoyable trash, and it is one of the Corman's personal favorites.

Desertman84 Bloody Mama is a dramatic feature that is loosely based on the real story of Ma Barker,a corrupt mother who encourages and organizes her children's criminal activities.It stars Shelley Winters in the title role together with Bruce Dern,Don Stroud,Diane Varsi,Robert De Niro, Robert Walden and Pat Hingle.The film was directed by Roger Corman.The movie starts as young Kate Barker is brutalized by her father and older brothers, who rape her. After 35 years, the middle-aged Kate 'Ma' Barker now get her chance to brutalize innocent people herself.She gets to make a living by robbing banks with her four sons namely: the pragmatic Arthur;the sadistic Herman;the bisexual Fred; and the loyal Lloyd. They did it to build a fortune during the late 1920's when the United States was suffering from The Great Depression.This is obviously a gangster film.By today's standards,it is dated but nevertheless,it still manages to be fun and entertaining especially when we see good performances from the cast like Shelley Winters and the young Robert De Niro.It could have been a great classic gangster film probably similar to Bonnie And Clyde if only it had a better script instead of an underdeveloped screenplay. It still worth to view at least once though.

MartinHafer This is an incredibly tasteless tale that is reputed to be the story of the notorious Ma Barker and her demented criminal sons. Unfortunately, most of what you see in this Roger Corman production is pure hooey--with no basis in the real lives of this criminal family. The biggest problem with the story is that Ma is shown as the brains and motivating force behind the Barker gang, though most histories of the gangster era of the late 20s and early 30s completely contradict this. In addition to playing fast and loose with this, many other details of the film are pure fabrication, so if you are looking for a biography, don't bother.However, if you are looking for a very guilty pleasure--sort of like "The Jerry Springer Show" combined with the Barker story, then this is for you! The story you'll see if almost completely depraved and rather shocking even today, as prison sodomy, senseless murders, drug abuse, rape and the most psychologically twisted semi-incestuous family on film is what you'll see. Now this might be really hard to take, but having the actors (particularly Shelly Winters) overact so severely actually made most of it seem rather funny instead of realistic. Still, given these topics, nudity and a lot of blood, it's certainly not for children or the squeamish. Entertaining but pure trash.

Maciste_Brother I watched BLOODY MAMA because I love Shelley Winters and wanted to see where Robert De Niro started as an actor. Well, it wasn't worth watching. What started interestingly enough quickly became tiresome and unwatchable. The script is a complete mess. Really. I never seen such a badly written story for a film ever. It just doesn't know what to do with its characters. By the time the film focused on the kidnapped man who was bound to a chair, I lost interest. What the hell were they thinking?Poor Shelley, stuck in this bad movie. Whenever she's one screen, her mere presence elevates this movie up a couple of extra stars. Remove her completely and no one, and I mean no one would remember this film. Aside from the scene when Shelley robs a bank and forces old ladies to hang on to their car and the subsequent car chase, seeing the old ladies hang for dear life, which I admit was really fun, this film is totally forgettable.