Ma

The Oscar-winning actress (Octavia Spencer) is the only reason to see "Ma," and she's clearly having a grand old campy time playing Sue Ann.

During every savage attack, the audience laughed uproariously. Is this what we've come to?

It's creepy and suspenseful and, although the last act goes on auto-pilot, the film offers a better-than-average experience for those who like their psychopaths unhinged.

Taylor and Spencer's detour to horror drifts, ever backward, into the zone of schmaltz.

There's nothing but the immediate mechanics of the plot and a straightforward stoking of revulsion, fear, and gratification.

Spencer is hugely watchable, as ever, but I'd love to have seen her get her teeth into an even meatier Ma.

Octavia Spencer delivers an unnerving, daring performance...but this is stupid.

Spencer is the reason to see this movie, no question.

[T]he film is mostly comedic for the first half hour of the film, but once the scary side of Ma comes out, it builds with a steady escalation.

A 'friday night movie' that stays in the safe zone. Spencer shines as usual. [Full review in Spanish].