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Don't understand why people get stuck on realism when they judge this movie. Sure there are a few over-the-top moments, but why does that matter? Not every movie needs to be Oscar bait. It's creepy and menacing, just like it's supposed to be.

Obviously, Octavia Spencer nails it as a former high-school wannabe, who struggles with breaking free from her past. Naturally most people like her wouldn't take it this far, but I'm from a small town, and that post high-school trauma is very real for a lot of people. And this being a horror movie, why not exaggerate a few things and have some fun with it?

Juliette Lewis also deserves a mention. She does not have a lot of screen time, but surely makes the most of it. I can not understand why she isn't getting better parts, in even greater movies, because she is fantastic.

7/10

Just don't expect too much!

It's not a horror movie, it's some sort of fun teen thriller-ish movie with some twisted scenarios but overall a quite simple script. It's not very scary, though there are a fez fun jump scares. Turn off those critical brain cells and just enjoy the movie...

I guess I can say that I didn't get bored watching this movie.

For reference maybe it's good to know that I watch movies for entertainment purposes. If you are in it for the "art" (think of the most boring movie 'It comes at night'), you might be disappointed. If you enjoy entertaining flicks like 'Happy deathday' or 'The Babysitter' or stuff like that, I'm sure you will enjoy this one.

Decent thriller, I did not feel like I lost two hours of my life.

Pros: Seeing Octavia Spencer in this type of movie is refreshing, she has real acting chops and they show even with this limited script.

Cons: Movie did not give a proper development to what happens. We see something earlier on, but there would have been a pattern long before the 'thriller' part started happening. The changes in tone felt 'rushed'.

Not winning awards, but watchable.

I thought Octavia Spencer did an amazing job. I can't quite put my finger on what is missing from the film but it was okay, not amazing. I suppose I was hoping for more horror, less thriller.

With a tiny $5M budget, they will make a profit.

I think I'm becoming a right old grumpy man, because I'm pretty sure I hate teenagers now.

The film itself was written very well and the cast were all good, but there just wasn't quite enough suspense. It isn't a bad movie by any means, it just had the budget, cast and crew to be better.

The story is a slow burn and when it actually gets down to its 'nitty gritty', things become interesting, even if it is predictable and there are those expected moments where all logic and reason goes out of the window so that the story can progress.

Sorry MA, but I think it's time to put you in a home.

Oh, call 911! No? Okay, how about now? Still no? Surely you'll call 911 this time. Dammit!

I came in to the movie thinking it's probably bad but let's see. Turned out I had quite a good time. Don't expect spectacular acting but just enjoy the movie and i'm sure you won't hate it. Octavia Spencer really surprised me in this role and that alone is worth your time.

The concept is gold: maladjusted adult tries to live her unfulfilled teenage dreams. The realisation is absolutely terrible tho: after an adequately creepy start, the movie script becomes more and more implausible. There are a lot of over the top moments which I won't spoil which are well delivered but aren't valorised enough. The final twist feels wasted.

New high school transfer student Maggie Thompson (Diana Silvers) lives with her mother Erica (Juliette Lewis) who moved back to her home town after various failures to work as a casino waitress. Maggie is befriended by Haley (McKaley Miller) and her friends. They try to recruit adults to buy them beer and Sue Ann (Octavia Spencer) agrees. Later, she invites them to party at her house and it becomes a student hot spot. She asks them to call her Ma.

This could be a functional horror movie. I can see a crazy Octavia Spencer turning on a group of hapless teens. It doesn't work here for a variety of reasons. It tries to slow burn the story. It tries to have another layer with her daughter. It tries to explain her by giving her a history. The ending has a lot of bad decisions and bad turns. Octavia is giving it all into the role but it's a top price steak in a sour stew.

Beyond a far-fetched and almost-laughable script, the actors play pretty well, especially Octavia Spencer, Diana Silvers and Juliette Lewis. The introduction languishes, lasts about an hour and one has overall the impression that the mountain has brought forth a mouse. Although I obviously do not belong to the intended audience which is probably narrowed to teens, it's worth a try with low expectations.

Really good horror / thriller, from start to finish. Thoroughly enjoyed this film.

If they fixed a few problems earlier in the movie this could have been a really good movie. It took her forever to go off the rails in my opinion

C'mon, really? You get Octavia Spencer and put her into this? The plot is terrible, the motivation is ridiculous, lazy script, stupid dialogues...I'm embarrassed... Octavia deserves more!

We've been here a hundred times before and yet this kind of schlock-horror is still ridiculously entertaining even if the taste it leaves can usually turn more than a little sour. You know the story; sad, lonely and obviously psychopathic female befriends flathunter/new mom/injured writer or in this case, a group of horny teens and then makes their life hell. Here she's outwardly sweet, if much too accomodating, Octavia Spencer, "Ma" as she becomes known to the boys and girls she takes under her wing and she'll go to any lengths to keep them close.

Tate Taylor, who directed Spencer to an Oscar in "The Help", has fun with the over-familiar material and Spencer milks it for all its worth; the teens are fine and other grown-ups include Luke Evans, (one of the dads), Juliette Lewis, (now old enough to be one of the moms), and Allison Janney as Spencer's hard-as-nails employer. There's nothing new here but it's good to see a teen-orientated chiller that's not founded on the supernatural and even if we are invited to stick the knife in Ma by the film's end, Spencer's gloriously over-the-top performance goes a long way to lifting this a notch or two out of the ordinary.

I thought this movie was great overall, although I wish it had more suspenseful scenes. If it weren't for the A-List actors/actresses, this movie would be labeled as a high-quality B-rated film.

Ma might be the latest horror show from the omniscient Blumhouse Productions, but it also serves as a particularly effective anti-bullying PSA.

Often people goes to an arty movie and they complain about it being... Well, too arty, and then they go to a flicker and they expect to learn about the meaning of life. This movie is silly, plenty of fun and, contrary of what some say, it gets better towards the end, when everything goes of the rails

I watched this at home on BluRay from my public library. My wife skipped, not her type of movie.

While there are several other effective actors, the movie rides on the performance of Octavia Spencer as Sue Ann. She is still living in the town she grew up in, as are several of her old classmates, all graduated from high school some years earlier, many of them have sons or daughters who now are in high school.

Sue Ann is approached by a group of teenagers who want an adult to buy some beer and whiskey for them. At first she is reluctant, but when she notices the van the boy is driving, and realizes he is the son of an old boyfriend, she decides to help them. And further, convinces them to party in her basement out in the country, it would be safer than riding around. The kids resort to calling her "Ma".

But we sense very early, and is later confirmed, that her intentions are not for the good. It turns out she was humiliated in high school, there is a flashback scene, and now sees this as a way to get back at the parents, to get her revenge in a very twisted manner.

For what it is, a twisted psychological thriller, it works very well. There isn't anything I would change about it.

Good: No doubt, Octavia Spencer carries the film and without her, the film would have easily crumbled and been unwatchable. And that's about it for the good....

Bad: The story's goal/main theme is not interesting and the choices of the characters are, like always, stupid and ignorant. The romance is forced and unbelievable. The story and characters are under-developed and are not given detail. The film lacks a scare factor/shock-value and the only times the audience jumped were in unnecessary jump scare scenes throughout a campy horror flick.

Overall: Besides Octavia Spencer, the cast is throw-away and do not add much to the film making it its own. This is a skip, at most a wait for Netflix. Messy with loose holes as it never fully develops and dark humor that's cringe and laughable.

*The movie's lesson here is to have common sense!

1.5/5

I expected so much more. Octavia Spencer did a great job , but she didn't have much of a script to go by. Predictable and you've already seen all the best parts. All in all a let down.

The whole film is kind of unconvincing. It's quite far-fetched and doesn't manage to successfully scare you or make you jump. I give it 6/10 stars at most, because the film holds itself together (just about!). It's clearly aimed at teenagers, and that means that the content and the comedic aspects are just not of high quality. The films spends too much time saying "hey let's drink at parties" and not enough time saying "hang on a minute, this woman is a psycho that wants to kill us all".

This film is so clear since 5:00 minutes, no plot twist and no other things. It seems that you just saw it