whitneejohnson ***I'll tell you right now, I didn't care for the ending....***Anywho, Mama was a pretty decent movie. I felt it was a very different and unique storyline and it had a few scary parts. I do feel it deserves a sequel and possibly a better look for Mama. The character didn't look as scary to me or as good as the scary characters in other movies. Again, this is just my opinion. Definitely watch this movie.

paulclaassen The scariest, most unpredictable film I've seen in a long time. Fantastic photography, sound and effects, with brilliant acting, especially Jessica Chastain as Annabelle. Fantastic effects during the film's climax. An instant classic and favorite! Another incredible Guillermo del Toro production.

spamolicious Spoilers: This is my take on the entire movie. #1 it was not a horror story, but a love story between a mother and child.This was a wonderful love story about a woman who is declared nuts in the 1870's and has her child taken from her. She returns and kidnaps the child from the authorities and is chased by a pitchfork and torch wielding mob over a cliff. Which is where her haunting begins. The townsfolk, in their evil nefariousness decide to box the baby up and stick it on a shelf for 140 or so years, causing the spirit of the mother not to rest until it is reunited with the child. On the way to the reunion, she discovers the love for another child which she has raised for six years. The father of this child is a homicidal maniac, and is killed when he decides to trespass on Mama's property. Castle Law - bitches! I can't blame the ghost for killing this psychopath, I mean, really, he was unhinged. Well, after raising the two girls for half a dozen years, the uncle's hirelings eventually find them and bring them "home" where a self-centered shrink decides to use them for his own experiments under the guise of "helping them." Of course this user is only interested in his own ends, and really doesn't care much about the girls. He discovers the remains of Mama's baby and doesn't even tell anyone about it. The Rock Band hot chick is forced to be "mom" to the two girls by a combination of guilt and shame, as well as association to the uncle. Meanwhile the aunt is trying to get custody, and eventually "dirt" on the "mom" so she can steal the girls away from the uncle. What a jerk. She decides that criminal trespass is a good idea, and CASTLE LAW! - Bitches! she is killed by Mama. So far the ghost hasn't done anything unlawful or necessarily even bad. Well, skip to the (near) end where she's trying to get the two young girls to walk over a cliff (because, apparently that's her thing, though she really hasn't been shown to have ever done it before, save her own child when escaping the wild townies mob in the 1800's). The "mom" brings her real daughters bones back to her and she is almost satisfied, until the youngest daughter cries out for her - she's the only mama she's ever known, after all. Well, this sets the ghost off, and the uncle and "mom" are put in peril. But through pure will force, the "mom" saves the older daughter while allowing the ghost to take the younger over the cliff with her (repeating history and destroying the ghost spirit). All in all, a great friendly ghost love story. Enjoy!

NicholasMCG I am a huge fan of movies like Pan's Labyrinth and had medium-high hopes for Mama so that I bought it without having seen it in the theater first. Totally. Worth It. I loved the classic ghost story twist with a storyline involving a woman who wasn't your typical girlfriend and more interested in rocking out than being a step-mom to 2 feral children. I loved the set design, and felt shivers from my screen.... I LOVED the special effects and that one scene where the little girl is playing "tug a pillow" wow... That really got me. The ending I know has some people annoyed but for me it was satisfying and the only real way that everything that followed could be wrapped up. There could never be a happy ending here, but there could be some kind of closure. My only issue? The wig that Jessica Chastain had to wear. They could have done better by her.