Chris Stuckmann reviews Ma, starring Octavia Spencer, Juliette Lewis, Diana Silvers, Luke Evans, McKaley Miller, Missi Pyle, Corey Fogelmanis, Gianni Paolo, Dante Brown. Ma is a strange movie for Taylor, Spencer, and every viewer. Don't understand why people get stuck on realism when they judge this movie.
Content wise, there's swearing, violence, and a young. 'The Rental' Review: When a Getaway Weekend Gets Gruesome. Ma borrows shamelessly from the revenge-thriller handbook, with heaping scoops of Carrie and Misery. Ma Review: Octavia Spencer Elevates Adequate Horror Thriller.
Problem is, these elements feel like they were added to the movie's story later in development and weren't part of its core from the start. Ma Review: Octavia Spencer Can't Elevate This Formulaic Thriller. Overly reliant on jump scares And trust us, the movie goes some places, including a late plot twist that both A) completely fits within. When has a little excessive underage drinking ever hurt anybody? Ma, starring Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer and directed by Tate Taylor (who first directed Spencer in The Help). But the movie, like Ma's young friends, lets her down.
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The teenagers are fickle, cruel and entitled Either way, the movie ties itself up in knots as it tries to be provocative without giving offense, and. Tate Taylor's new movie 'Ma' had the potential to be the weirdest movie of the the year. Instead, Ma's basement of horrors falls flat.
Warning: This post contains spoilers for Ma, starring Octavia Spencer. Ma Is Too Muddled a Slasher Flick to Work. As Ma rushes to its climax, there's a moment (fairly spoiler free — it's featured in the trailer) when the. My full review with spoilers is below.