Kidskycom It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Yash Wade Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Paynbob It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Phil Tennant I have watched a LOT of horror movies, and it is always a genuine pleasure to come across a truly original and creepy movie that has not been over hyped. I am not a big fan of slasher movies like Halloween, or torture porn like Motel and Saw. But love a good supernatural horror. And this is one. The acting is first class, especially the two child leads, who are convincing and disturbing at the same time. The story line is original, which is no mean feat in itself, and there are some very creepy and scary moments. The ending is a little drawn out and over wrought , but that is excusable given the It would be hard to give a synopsis without giving anything away, but if you enjoy excellent supernatural horror you really should check this out. I can't believe it's taken me 5 years to come across this. It gives me hope there are still more out there to find.

Russell W I do like horror of all types but I'm mainly a 60s-90s guy.I went to see this on its release and there are a few suspenseful moments but nothing that made me jump out of my skin or that made me feel uncomfortable and that made my heart race.When I first saw "mama" itself I hide to stifle a laugh with a mouthful of popcorn and from that point onward I could not take the movie seriously.There are far greater and far better horrors out there both PG-13 and above.Sorry Mama but you left me wanting to be an orphan.3/10

gtylerpayne I didn't really care for this movie too much overall. It drew me in right from the beginning and it stays entertaining enough, but the CGI is not great and it quickly turned into a cheesy ghost story without anything original to offer.It reminds me a lot of other ghost story movies. It has a similar plot to "The Ring" in a way, but is less suspenseful and doesn't work as well. It shows the "ghost" a lot, probably too much, instead of leaving more for the imagination, which left me pretty bored in the second half. After it is shown that the ghost can appear whenever and do actual physical harm, it becomes kind of silly to keep dragging the movie on with close calls. The ending was terrible in my opinion, and I couldn't even finish the last few minutes of the film. I don't want to spoil it, but I will say that its overly dramatic and emotional.The sound design is great and the film has nice production value other than the CGI. I think this director shows a lot of promise and would do better with a better script.

Pozdnyshev Okay, so some guy goes nuts and shoots his wife. He takes his two daughters out to an abandoned cabin and is about to kill them, too, but is then stopped by a ghost who happens to be at the cabin. Great... Okay, so it was a ghost who was maybe unjustly murdered in a similar way. I can buy that.But then, even after paying some guys to look all over the place for his body, the guy's brother only finds this cabin (and the girls, who are still there) -- five years later. Really? It took you all that time? Okay, fine, whatever. So the girls are feral and apparently have been helped along by this mysterious, vengeful spirit which they call "Mama."The guy's brother, and his weird over-the-hill Goth girlfriend, agree to look after the children as they are rehabilitated with the help of a psychologist. Unfortunately, this spirit follows them.Cue faux-creepy dream sequences, jump scares, and the psychologist slowly uncovering the truth that The Supernatural Is Real. Turns out "Mama" is the ghost of some violently crazy lady in the nineteenth century who died while drowning a baby she stole from a local church. There is a dream sequence showing this which is genuinely disturbing, although in a disgusting snuff-film kind of way."Mama," predictably, wreaks havoc on everyone involved, including killing several people with more ease than a trained assassin. Call me a parapsychology nerd, but human ghosts generally do not have this kind of power. "Mama" slinks around and offs victims like a multi-dimensional Green Beret. This just makes it silly to me.The ending was just confusing. It's funny, everything about this movie was perfect except for the story. The acting, the photography, the music, and the editing was all incredibly seamless. But the story was bland and cookie-cutter, just another forgettable horror flick.