Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Iseerphia All that we are seeing on the screen is happening with real people, real action sequences in the background, forcing the eye to watch as if we were there.

Brooklynn There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

mdegeler Penélope Cruz and Julio Medem really got a home-run with this movie.This is an absolute masterpiece depicting the raw struggle of a mother fighting cancer and all the emotions that accompany such a dire journey. Ma ma really captures the essence of Spanish caring culture, something I feel grateful to have experienced in my time living in Spain. If for any unfathomable reason you haven't seen Ma ma yet, I will not spoil the plot be saying more. If you're doubting about watching this movie, unless you hate great camera-work and an exceptional plot, I fully recommend watching it.

adonis98-743-186503 In the aftermath of a tragedy a woman, Magda, reacts with a surge of newfound life that engulfs her circle of family and friends. Although Ma ma is packed by 2 great leading performances by Penélope Cruz and Luis Tosar i did agree with some reviews on how they tried to push the whole "Positive" thing and as much as sad as it was to see a woman getting threw all this i felt really nothing and that kinda slowed the movie for me, also there was a terribly shot sequence with another shaky cam sequence that went up and down and that really frustrated me but overall check it out it's definitely not a 6.3 kind of a movie it had great performances and a very sad story (8.8/10)

b_velkova Recently separated mother with no job and no money gets breast cancer. A tragedy? Not in the least. The life of Penélope Cruze's character is actually just beginning. In the little time she has left she gathers her strength and starts a new family, makes every moment meaningful and even gets prettier! The outcome is deadly, but it is OK, because she has lived to the fullest.Well, I find this plot not only unconvincing, but pretty harmful as well. Terminal cancer (among many other things in life) is not nice! And to be positive about it is just inadequate. Acceptance is a whole different matter and to achieve it you don't need fairy tales, but a strong sense of reality. When people are cold, they shiver; when they are doomed, they are desperate. Telling them they can do „better" only adds self-hatred to the desperation and is downright evil!I cannot see how the so called survivors can benefit from that little story either. It can only make them despise their dead for not have lived and died so glamorously and incline them to use lavishly the "sparkle retouch" on their memories. Sometimes that can give them a false sense of peace, but the truth will continue to try and manifest itself. And they should let it, because there's nothing wrong with it.

David Ferguson Greetings again from the darkness. It's usually easy to bash the movies that go heavy on sentimentality. It's possible that even Steve Goodman would agree that this latest from writer/director Julio Medem (Sex and Lucia, 2000) could be the outline for a perfect country song: Mama's husband leaves her for a younger woman/student; Mama loses her teaching job; Mama gets breast cancer; Mama's new friend experiences a life tragedy; Mama and her new friend fall in love; Mama gets more bad news; Mama gets some good and unexpected news; things don't end well for Mama. Mix in a train, a truck and prison, and there would be no argument.Penelope Cruz produces and stars as Magda, the titular Ma Ma whose singing gynecologist breaks the news that her breast cancer will require chemotherapy followed by a mastectomy. What follows could be called a whirlwind of tragedies involving Magda, her son Dani (Teo Plannel) and the soccer scout Arturo (Luis Tosar) and the aforementioned doctor (Asier Etxeandia).The fine performance of Penelope Cruz keeps the film moving through the first two acts, and she is just so darn likable that we find ourselves really pulling for her. The strength and spirit of this woman has a positive influence on all who come in contact with her. She has an odd impact on the doctor who is clearly attracted to her, and they share a most awkward and unnecessary running dialogue about a young Siberian girl that he and his wife are considering adopting.The third act quite simply pushes the film over-the-top, as it goes beyond sentimentality and into pure Lifetime channel mush. The film is probably a bit too slick and stylized, given the real struggles of battling cancer; however, the point of female strength is not lost … though the "save the nipple" and "the soul doesn't die" discussions deliver a few eye rolls.