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Mama

  • 20132013
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
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Mama (2013)
Annabel and Lucas are faced with the challenge of raising his young nieces that were left alone in the forest for 5 years.... but how alone were they?
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After a young couple take in their two nieces, they suspect that a supernatural spirit named Mama has latched onto their family.After a young couple take in their two nieces, they suspect that a supernatural spirit named Mama has latched onto their family.After a young couple take in their two nieces, they suspect that a supernatural spirit named Mama has latched onto their family.
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
184K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
2,765
990
    • Andy Muschietti
    • Andy Muschietti(story)
    • Barbara Muschietti(story)
    • Neil Cross(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Jessica Chastain
    • Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
    • Megan Charpentier
    • Andy Muschietti
    • Andy Muschietti(story)
    • Barbara Muschietti(story)
    • Neil Cross(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Jessica Chastain
    • Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
    • Megan Charpentier
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    • 424User reviews
    • 401Critic reviews
    • 57Metascore
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    Who 'It Chapter Two' Cast Thinks May Have Been Separated at Birth
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    Matriarchal Secrets: The Visual Effects of Mama - Creepy Mama
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    "The girls arrive at their new house."
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    Megan Charpentier in Mama (2013)
    Isabelle Nélisse in Mama (2013)
    Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Jessica Chastain in Mama (2013)
    Jessica Chastain, Megan Charpentier, and Isabelle Nélisse in Mama (2013)
    Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in Mama (2013)
    Jessica Chastain in Mama (2013)
    Megan Charpentier and Isabelle Nélisse in Mama (2013)
    Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in Mama (2013)
    Jeff J.J. Authors, Angelo Colavecchia, Andy Muschietti, Vic Rigler, and Jessica Chastain in Mama (2013)
    Jessica Chastain in Mama (2013)
    Jessica Chastain in Mama (2013)
    Daniel Kash and Megan Charpentier in Mama (2013)

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    Jessica Chastain
    Jessica Chastain
    • Annabel
    Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
    Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
    • Lucas…
    Megan Charpentier
    Megan Charpentier
    • Victoria
    Isabelle Nélisse
    Isabelle Nélisse
    • Lilly
    • (as Isabelle Nelisse)
    Daniel Kash
    Daniel Kash
    • Dr. Dreyfuss
    Javier Botet
    Javier Botet
    • Mama
    Jane Moffat
    Jane Moffat
    • Jean Podolski…
    Morgan McGarry
    Morgan McGarry
    • Young Victoria
    David Fox
    David Fox
    • Burnsie
    Dominic Cuzzocrea
    Dominic Cuzzocrea
    • Ron
    Christopher Marren
    • Cop
    • (as Chris Marren)
    Julia Chantrey
    • Nina
    Ray Kahnert
    Ray Kahnert
    • Judge
    Diane Gordon
    • Louise
    Matthew Edison
    Matthew Edison
    • Young Cop
    Maya Dawe
    • Young Lilly
    Sierra Dawe
    • Young Lilly
    Nick Hall
    • Annabel's Bandmate
      • Andy Muschietti
      • Andy Muschietti(story) (screenplay)
      • Barbara Muschietti(story) (screenplay)
      • Neil Cross(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Isabelle Nélisse can't speak English, which is why she's not given much dialogue and speaks more with body language.
    • Goofs
      When Annabel hears the girls playing, she goes into their room to tell them how late it is and to go to sleep - but it's light outside. There are about 3 other times when it's supposedly nighttime and the light is streaming in through the windows.
    • Quotes

      Louise: A ghost is an emotion bent out of shape, condemned to repeat itself, time and time again until it rights the wrong that was done.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #21.87 (2013)
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      ® 2012 by Third String Tunes/EMI Music Publishing Ltd.

      Edición autorizada para España a EMI Music Publishing Spain S.A.

      All rights reserved. International Copyright secured.

      Performed by Jack White

      Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment España, S.L.

      Courtesy of XL Recordings Ltd

      By arrangement with Beggars Group Media Limited

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    7/10
    The Mothmom Possibly.
    Mama is directed by Andres Muschietti and written by Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti and Neil Cross. It stars Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coaster-Waldau, Megan Charpentier, Isabelle Nelisse, Daniel Kash, Javier Botet and Jane Moffat. Music is by Fernando Velazquez and cinematography by Antonio Riestra.

    A Suicidal father abducts his two young daughters and takes them to a cabin out in the woods, his intention is to kill them. Before he can enact his plan he is killed by a strange entity, leaving the two girls alone in the cabin. Years later the girls are discovered in the cabin, completely feral and when any sense can finally be made out of them, they talk of being looked after by someone they call Mama; And it seems Mama has come back with them to civilisation…

    Based on his own 2008 Argentinian short of the same name, Andres Muschietti expands the idea out to a full length feature film. With pretty decent results as well. Pic is a supernatural fairytale, thick on ethereal atmosphere and not over reliant on boo jumps or an adherence to blood and guts spilling just to put bums on seats. From the moment the girls are found, scampering around the wood cabin on all fours, clearly having survived on cherries for five years, there's an uneasy feel to the story. We already know there is a spirit involved as we half glimpsed "Mama" during the pre-credits sequence, what we need now is a good story and a healthy quota of frights and peril for Waldau and Chastain as they become surrogate parents to the troubled youngsters; And again, Mama mostly delivers all that is required of it for a good night in by the fire whilst perched on the edge of your seat.

    Chastain is excellent as the punk rock chick reluctantly mothering two children before her time, the two girls, Charpentier and Nelisse, are also top draw, exuding the sadness and confusion that children of that age would obviously be feeling under these circumstances. While their reactions to what we ourselves can't see, via glances or hushed exchanges, has a creepiness to it that delivers a bucket load of dread. Muschietti's direction is very stylish, not only does he marshal his principal cast members with great skill, he shows some ingenuity in scene staging with one sequence particularly brilliant as Chastain does housework and the younger of the girls plays with Mama in the bedroom, we know it, even though we can only see the wee bairn. The soundtrack and score is suitably screechy, and the cinematography by Riestra has Gothic tints to it.

    Why Mama is not a bona fide entry in the upper echelons of horror is mainly due to an annoying mistake that so many horror genre film makers make, namely showing too much of the spook. There is a point around the hour mark where "Mama" herself just stops being scary, a shame because the effects work isn't half bad. There's other, less itchy problems, such as Waldau being reduced to a bit player from the mid-point, a sub-plot involving Kash's Dr. Dreyfuss just feels like set-up material, while the ending is sure to be a bit too WTF for some. That said, this is good genre cinema for those who like The Woman in Black type of thrills and story telling. 7.5/10
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    • In the beginning, why did Lucas's brother Jeff (the kids father) panic and try to kill his own kids?

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      • January 18, 2013 (United States)
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