Ma

critic Reviews

, 55% Rotten Tomatometer Score
  • Octavia Spencer's performance overpowers many of Ma's flaws, but uneven pacing and a labored story keep this thriller from fully realizing its unhinged potential.
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    Sezín KoehlerBitch Media
    [Ma is] an antihero of the highest caliber...The catharsis was glorious.
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    Tim CogshellFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
    The movie itself is fairly ordinary... [But] when [Octavia Spencer] goes bananas, she pulls the rip-cord. She has all kinds of fun.
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    Roxana HadadiPajiba
    Ma boasts an impressively against-type performance from Octavia Spencer but not much else that is either truly scary or emotionally engaging.
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    Aramide TinubuStylecaster
    Unfortunately, with the campy script and the plot line ripped straight from Hulu's The Act-by the third act of Ma, the movie literally implodes in on itself leaving the audience wondering, wtf they just watched.
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    K. Austin CollinsVanity Fair
    There's a good movie trapped somewhere in Tate Taylor's Ma. That's the frustrating part.
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    Jocelyn NoveckAssociated Press
    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.
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    Eddie Harrisonfilm-authority.com
    …even when the action gets rather too sadistic for comfort, and there’s some nasty stuff here in Ma, Spencer relishes the task of taking her kindly features and seems to enjoy suggesting considerable malice lurking behind that familiar smile…
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    Calum CooperSource (Scotland)
    It forsakes the potential of its chaotic set-up in favour of high school drama, past and present, and a shallow anti-bullying message that doesn’t feel nearly as layered as it ought to have been.
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    Grant WatsonFiction Machine
    It is as dreadful mess, but worse still it is a dull one.
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    Nyle ColemanInSession Film
    Ma is an interesting take on the consequences of high school bullying. It is great at allowing the viewers to see it through the eyes of the victim, Sue Ann, and even understand how it deeply affected her...
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