Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Jessica ChastainAnnabel
- Nikolaj Coster-WaldauLucas Desange
- Megan CharpentierVictoria Desange
- Isabelle NélisseLilly Desange
- Daniel KashDr. Dreyfuss
- Melina MatthewsMama (voice)
- Morgan McGarryYoung Victoria
- Javier BotetMama (body)
- Jane MoffatJean Podolski / Mama (Voice)
- David FoxBurnsie
Recommendations
- 83
The A.V. Club
Plenty of horror movies are willing to settle for making audiences jump. Mama is more ambitious by far: It makes sure viewers are emotionally committed even when they aren't clutching their armrests or covering their eyes. - 75
Entertainment Weekly
Nothing in the movie is quite original, yet Muschietti, expanding his original short, knows how to stage a rip-off with frightening verve. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
Movies like Mama are thrill rides. We go to be scared and then laugh, scared and then laugh, scared and then shocked. Of course, there's almost always a little plot left over for a sequel. It's a ride I'd take again. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Mama represents a throwback and a modest delight for people who like a good scare but prefer not to be terrorized or grossed out. - 67
Austin Chronicle
Haunting and extremely atmospheric, Mama is a horror film imbued with an unsettling and affecting power. - 60
Time Out
Expertly conjured atmosphere only gets Muschietti so far, but there's enough genuine promise here that you're willing to cut this talented newcomer some slack. - 50
Observer
Trading in her red locks for kohl-lined eyes like a raccoon and the vampire look of Rooney Mara in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, [Chastain] is the spookiest thing in Mama. Everything else is cable television. - 50
Variety
Mama, for all her digital and prosthetic creepiness, is finally a bit of a bore.
