Ma is a typical Blumhouse potboiler: a thin story with limited scope (i.e. cheap to produce) but it is realised well and storytelling is effectively handled. The film uses some neat mis-directions as it focuses on the inescapability of small-town life and follows a relatively straightforward revenge tale of a nastily-pranked shy girl exacting revenge many years later, using a deft mix of well-placed flashbacks and manipulation of the contemporary next generation, The main selling point here is of course Octavia Spencer, a powerhouse actress whose precision absolutely carries the film, and whilst the younger actors are blandly adequate there is solid work from Luke Shaw, Juliette Lewis and Missy Pyle as the grown-up versions of the high-school antagonists. Ma is ultimately wafer-thin and forgettable, but it does its job well enough.
No comments:
Post a Comment