Sadly Over-hyped

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

***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.

Seemed like a pretty standard run-of-the-mill horror movie when I first read about it and saw the trailers, but as I saw it (about 3 weeks before official release) it's actually one of the new millenias most unusual film in its genre. It's has a very dark and strange theme and feel to it, but at the same time an old school Grimm-brothers-like storyline and keeps on surprising. Truly unique and a must see for any horror movie fan.

Megan Charpentier and Isabelle Nélisse stole the show. It's just amazing what a great job these two child actors did. The show is worth watching just to see them. But then the charm of Jessica Chastain and Nikolaj Coaster-Waldau in Universal's widely successful Guillermo del Toro horror film made the film even better. I didn't give it a 10 because I would've made the ending a lot scarier, but the film had an honest ending, and the audience deserved that. I think that everything right up to the ending was wonderful. I like a horror film that makes me nervous, not knowing what the ending will do. And the scene where Lily was pulling on the blanket was brilliant. Everyone should enjoy certain aspects of this drama, so the 6.2 star rating was cruel, and further proves that many IMDb users are harsh. This film took $20 million to make and earned $71 million. If the show was a loser, it would've never made it to the $71 million mark. And now I see it plays on TV regularly, so the viewership ratings and advertising revenue income says something about a film's followed. Cable stations don't make money from loser films.

Guillermo del Toro presents this spine chilling thriller directed and co-written by Andy Muschietti. After personal disaster and trauma, two young girls are left alone to survive in a decrepit cabin in the woods. Victoria (Megan Charpentier) and Lilly (Isabelle Nelisse) are found five years later by their Uncle (Nikola Coaster-Walau) and his girlfriend (Jessica Chastain), who take them in and try to introduce the girls to a normal life. Victoria and Lilly claim they survived because of the care given them from "Mama".This is a scary tug of war thriller with the supernatural. Very young children probably should not see this one in spite of the lack of violence, blood and brutality in most other movies. There will be times for jumping out of your seat and wringing your white knuckles. Top notch photography and atmosphere. More than enough scary situations with a thin line between mega-goosebumps and nervous laughter.Don't insist on checking closets or under the bed soon after seeing MAMA.Others in the cast: David Fox, Julia Chantrey, Daniel Kash, Jane Moffat and "Mama" is Javier Botet.