Mama

Mama (2013)

  • 66% of critics liked it
    (143 reviews)

  • 59% of users liked it
    (118,961 ratings)

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 mother was murdered. When they are rescued years later and begin a new life, they find that someone or something still wants to come tuck them… More

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In Theaters
Jan 18, 2013 Wide
On DVD
May 7, 2013
Universal Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Nigel Floyd, Time Out

    By splitting the action between several different characters and locations, the plot dissipates the suspense and lacks focus, as if it has been bolted together from disparate, ill-fitting pieces.

  • Drew Hunt, Chicago Reader

    Screenplay contrivances aside, it's as stylish and atmospheric as modern horror gets.

  • Dana Stevens, Slate

    Even if the beats are familiar, Muschietti sustains a remarkable mood throughout: wintry, elemental and stark, like a late Sylvia Plath poem.

  • David Edelstein, New York Magazine

    I was guessing right till the bitter, scary, transcendent end.

  • James Berardinelli, ReelViews

    It starts out strongly, using evocative visuals and an unsettling backstory to establish a creepy tableau, but it proves unable to sustain those strengths all the way to the finish line.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • JY S


    Andres Muschietti's <i>Mama</i> brings the creepy into the mother daughter relationship.<p>On the topic of story, it plays out like any suspense-horror should, but the 95 minutes of screen time does have its moments. The usage of jump scares is existent, but… More

  • Mark W


    After producing the disappointing "Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark" in 2011, Guillermo del Toro lends his name - and financial services - to another American horror production, which is actually an elaboration of the 2008, three minute short, "Mamá" by the same… More

  • Sam B


    "Mama" tries to be more than a generic horror movie by mixing in mother-daughter themes, but this unique twist can't make up for the film's awful CGI and its goofy ending, both of which kill any actual scariness the movie tries to muster.

  • MisterYoda ?


    two stars

  • Josh L


    Mama is a unique entry in a genre that has started to become stagnant and all about the gore and deserves praise for sticking to its guns. That said, it isn't particularly scary after the initial set-up and enters more into fantasy territory than horror by the end. They make the… More

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